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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

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

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

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.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll be on my pond fishing with my kids. I feel like the luckiest guy I know.

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