Luck Quotes

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  I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Apr 09, 2014

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  The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

  Barbara Sher

  Good Luck, Lucky, Way

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.20, Dell

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• Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?

  Ernest Hemingway

  Form

  Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Old Man and the Sea”, p.35, Hamilton Books

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• Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.

  Herta Muller

  Once Upon A Time, Blame, Bad Luck

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• A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned.

  Paul Newman

  Sweet, Money, Humorous

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• Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

  Tig Notaro

  Fun, Good Luck, People

  "Very Funny" by Ariel Levy, www.elle.com. March 27, 2013.

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• Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Merit, Honest

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• It doesn't matter if you're good. If you're just good, you won't succeed. If you have patience and persistence and talent and that's it, you will not have a successful career as an actor. The elusive thing you need is luck.

  Bryan Cranston

  Successful, Persistence, Careers

  "The Last Stand of Walter White". Interview with Brett Martin, www.gq.com. July 15, 2013.

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• Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Ill, Knows

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.190

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• No matter what the shrinks, or the pundits, or the self-help books tell you, when it comes to love, it's luck.

  Woody Allen

  Love, Book, Self

  "Fictional character: Robin Simon". "Celebrity", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

  Winston Churchill

  Good Luck, Adversity, May

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• We live in a small world, and we all are affected by everything that happens everywhere. And to look at it less selfishly, we also need to be grateful for the luck of where we're born and how we ended up where we ended up.

  Natalie Portman

  Grateful, Needs, Looks

  "Natalie Portman on Her New Role: Giving Women Hope". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.

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• I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

  Steve Waugh

  Sports, Good Luck, Years

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• I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

  E. V. Lucas

  Time, Procrastination, People

  365 Days and One More (1926) p. 277

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• The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Responsibility, Numbers

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  The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

  Harry Golden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.

  Mark Twain

  Doe, Sprinkles, Showers

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.2059, GENERAL PRESS

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• The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

  Dennis Lehane

  Hard Work, Differences, Foundation

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• Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Work, Bmw, Serendipity

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• I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

  Eric Bana

  Thinking, Stage

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Running, Risk

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• Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Success, Smart

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.210, Courier Corporation

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• Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  "5 Ways to Deal With Rejection" by Karen Naumann, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 6, 2016.

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• Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspirational, Basketball, Business

  1988 Quoted by Penny Moser 'The McDonald's Mystique', in Fortune, 4 Jul.

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• It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.

  Joseph Conrad

  Believe, Good Luck, Men

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