"Luck and destiny are the excuses of the world's failures."
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"Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten."
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"Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky."
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"You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them."
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"Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning."
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"If we always helped one another, no one would need luck."
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"People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it."
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"The dice of God are always loaded."
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"Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others."
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"Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily."
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"Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!"
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"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few."
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"When it comes to luck, you make your own."
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"I guess the kid had everything but the luck."
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"Your luck is how you treat people."
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"Fortune favours the bold."
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"Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence."
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"Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me."
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"Chance, my master and my friend, will, I feel sure, deign once again to send me the spirits of his unruly kingdom. All my trust is now in him- and in myself. But above all in him, for when I go under he always fishes me out, seizing and shaking me like a life-saving dog whose teeth tear my skin a little every time. So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days."
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"Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you."
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