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Luck

There is death in the pot. 2 Kings 4:40 – Bible

The lot is cast into the heap, but the whole disposing there of is of the Lord. – Bible

Good luck needs no explanation. – Shirley Temple Black

The Goddess Fortune is the devils servant, ready to kiss any ones ass. – William Blake

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity. – Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus)

I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me – Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no such thing as luck. Its a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

You dont just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities. – Barbara Bush

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing ones ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. – Victor Cherbuliez

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck. – George S. Clason

Luck relies on chance, labor on character. – Richard Cobden

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck — who keeps right on going — is the man who is there when the good luck comes — and is ready to receive it. – Robert Collier

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us. – Robertson Davies