“Hope nothing from luck, and the probability is that you will be…” Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Leadershipology

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Hope nothing from luck, and the probability is that you will be so prepared, forewarned, and forearmed, that all shallow observers will call you lucky.

In today’s wordsExpect nothing from luck, and you'll end up so prepared, forewarned, and forearmed that shallow observers will call you lucky.

Edward Bulwer-LyttonCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Pearls of Thought, compiled by Maturin M. Ballou, 1881

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