--- title: "3 Odds Quotes By Clark Gable" description: "3 Odds quotes by Clark Gable. Plus more from Clark Gable and more Odds sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/clark-gable-17010_confidence_the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-an_625302.jpg" --- > [The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-and-confidence-in-himself/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/clark-gable-17010_confidence_the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-an_625302.jpg) > [The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds... And he must be ready to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-and-confidence-in-himself-2/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/clark-gable-17010_against-the-odds_the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-an_1195650.png) > [The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-and-confidence-in-himself-3/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/clark-gable-17010_against-the-odds_the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-an_2452958.png) ## Other authors on Odds - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-suzanne-collins-88237.jpg) Suzanne Collins 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/suzanne-collins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charlie-munger-22764.jpg) Charlie Munger 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/charlie-munger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nassim-nicholas-taleb-70256.jpg) Nassim Nicholas Taleb 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elon-musk-32848.jpg) Elon Musk 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/elon-musk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-peters-91531.jpg) Tom Peters 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/tom-peters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-scott-adams-83587.jpg) Scott Adams 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/scott-adams/) ## More by Clark Gable > [Method actors are like hams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/method-actors-are-like-hams/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/disagreeing-with-the-fervent-patriotism-of-the-confederates-i-think/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [If any child of mine becomes an actor I will turn in my grave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/if-any-child-of-mine-becomes-an-actor-i-will-turn-in-my-grave/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I never laugh until I've had my coffee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-never-laugh-until-i-ve-had-my-coffee/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I don't discuss women at all with anyone. There are good qualities in all women. Some may be lacking in some of these qualities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-don-t-discuss-women-at-all-with-anyone-there-are-good-qualities-in/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-want-so-badly-to-believe-that-there-is-truth-that-love-is-real/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I hate a liar. Maybe because I'm such a good one myself, heh? Anyway, to find someone has told an out and out lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-hate-a-liar-maybe-because-i-m-such-a-good-one-myself-heh-anyway-to/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-and-confidence-in-himself/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I never did like the idea of sitting on newspapers. I did it once, and all the headlines came off on my white pants.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-never-did-like-the-idea-of-sitting-on-newspapers-i-did-it-once-and/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [I don't want a lot of strangers looking down at my wrinkles and my big fat belly when I'm dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/i-don-t-want-a-lot-of-strangers-looking-down-at-my-wrinkles-and-my/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-only-reason-they-come-to-see-me-is-that-i-know-that-life-is-great/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/every-picture-i-make-every-experience-of-my-private-life-every-lesson/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [When you smile it's like the sun coming up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/when-you-smile-it-s-like-the-sun-coming-up/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [This power that I'm supposed to have over women was never noticed when I was a stage actor on Broadway. I don't know when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/this-power-that-i-m-supposed-to-have-over-women-was-never-noticed/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) > [It's a chain of accidents. When you step into Hollywood, you wind yourself into thousands of chains of accidents. If all of the thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/it-s-a-chain-of-accidents-when-you-step-into-hollywood-you-wind/) [Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odds/clark-gable/#itemlist", "name": "3 Odds Quotes By Clark Gable", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He's got to have some inner standards worth fighting for or there won't be any way to bring him into conflict. And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without making too much song and dance about it. 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