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Benjamin Franklin4 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736God helps them that help themselves. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Dirty Harry Callahan2 quotes
You've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? — Dirty Harry Callahan · 1971I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? — Dirty Harry Callahan · 1971Ernest Hemingway2 quotes
Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her? — Ernest Hemingway · 1952It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Albert King1 quote
If it wasn't for bad luck
You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all — Albert King · 1967Esther Eberstadt Brooke1 quote
Luck, if you will, is something you work for, and the harder you work the more luck you have. — Esther Eberstadt Brooke · 1940Mitch Hedberg1 quote
My lucky number is 4 billion, that doesn't come in real handy when you're gambling…come on, 4 billion! Fuck, 7. Not even close. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999Niccolo Machiavelli1 quote
The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1531Roald Dahl1 quote
But there was one other thing that the grownups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. The chance had to be there. — Roald Dahl · 1964