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Luck is the residue of design.
Luck is the residue of design.
 As they who make
 Good luck a god count all unlucky men.  
 As they who make
 Good luck a god count all unlucky men. 
What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's read more
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.
Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over you realize how lucky you read more
Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over you realize how lucky you truly are.
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a read more
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.
 "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
 For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.  
 "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
 For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More. 
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be read more
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
 As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives 
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her read more 
 As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives 
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's 
wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.