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We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune
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"We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune"

- Charles Kuralt

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This quote by Charles Kuralt talks to the human propensity to take credit score for our successes and associate our failures to good luck or destiny. It suggests that we are typically fast to take credit score for our successes, however when things do not go our way, we are quick at fault it on rotten luck or destiny. This quote is a pointer that we must take duty for our activities and not depend on good luck or destiny to obtain us through life. It also acts as a reminder that we need to be humble and identify that good luck and destiny can contribute in our successes and failures. Ultimately, this quote motivates us to take ownership of our successes and also failures and also to be conscious of just how we associate them.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Charles Kuralt between September 10, 1934 and July 4, 1997. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 40 other quotes.

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