Luck

Good luck lies in odd numbers * * * They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

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Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.

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The lucky man is honored ...But earnest striving wins no praise at all.

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The only thing I ever learned was that some people are lucky and other people aren't and not even a graduate of the Harvard Business School can say why.

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It reminds us that a man driven to desire to possess a certain female is a highly purposive individual. We have already noted that evolution tends to mark time when individuals have no reason to evolve. The same applies to individuals; they may be talented and intelligent, and yet waste their lives because they somehow lack the motivation to make use of these faculties. The best piece of luck that can befall any individual is to have a strong sense of purpose.

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We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

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O, once in each man's life, at least, And conquers its desire.

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A farmer travelling with his loadDescend upon his growing farm.

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Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee.

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Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

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"Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.

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Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birthThe fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luckShall fling her old shoe after.

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Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.

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No amount of careful planning can beat pure luck.

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With any luck. Stark smiled cynically. Not that he did not believe in luck. Rather, he had found it to be an uncertain ally.

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As ill-luck would have it.

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I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.

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I don't watch the ball. I watch them. Like I said — You make your own luck. Perception is reality. And it doesn't matter a tuppeny toss where the ball actually lands... Just as long as they see what I want them to see.

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As they who makeGood luck a god count all unlucky men.

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Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: It was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or, it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

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Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.

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In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

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“I trust to luck to get me by. Luck and destiny.” His eyes were bright with reflected moonlight. “Sometimes they serve me well.”

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No one I met at this time — doctors, nurses, practicantes, or fellow-patients — failed to assure me that a man who is hit through the neck and survives it is the luckiest creature alive. I could not help thinking that it would be even luckier not to be hit at all.

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The harder I practice, the luckier I get.

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Luck is the residue of design.

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As Bob Dylan forgot to say, "To live outside the law, you must be lucky."

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I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!

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Luck can only get you so far.

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By the luckiest stars.

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When mine hours were nice and lucky.

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And good luck go with thee.

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As good luck would have it.

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