Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.

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"It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes."

- Lucille Ball

Love

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

- Lucille Ball

Love

"I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being."

- Lucille Ball

Awareness

"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy."

- Lucille Ball

Self-awareness

"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

Relationships

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

Success

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

Success

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

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