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Alexander McCall Smith

we are all fortunate in one way or another. The task for most of us is to identify in what way that is.

“But we are all fortunate in one way or another. The task for most of us is to identify in what way that is, would you not agree?”

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The Abyss

Luck is not a factor.

Finler: Good luck.
Lindsey: Luck is not a factor.

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Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope

In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.

Obi Wan Kenobi: In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

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That 70's Show

Son, you don’t have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you is because you’re a dumbass.

Eric: Bad things keep happening to me, like I have bad luck or something.
Red Forman: Son, you don’t have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you is because you’re a dumbass.

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Practical Magic

Fall in love whenever you can.

Sally Owens: Always throw salt over your left shoulder; keep rosemary by your garden gate; plant lavender for luck; and fall in love whenever you can.

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Mulan

I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck. / How lucky can they be? They’re dead.

Fa Li: I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck.
Grandmother Fa: How lucky can they be? They’re dead.