Chance Quotes - Page 24

There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable diseases as we've had dying from the tsunami.

He unscrewed the lid, set it on the dash, snorted from the bottle twice, banged the steering wheel, and said, 'You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.'

Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for!

...he who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.

If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance.

Die before you die, there is no chance after.

Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never put your best foot forward.

Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful.

Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I'm always, like, just in it. It's like, 'Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I'm so happy.'

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.

The only compensation for the artist is the chance to feed hungry hearts.

Have confidence in the inventions and transformations of chance.

People see you on screen and they like you, but they never really get a chance to meet you. When you're doing music, you know you have to go sit at in-stores, and you're actually in the street, so there's more of a hands-on kind of thing.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.

Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.

Louis Pasteur, the great scientist, said "chance favours the prepared mind", which is a posh way of saying 'do your homework', but it's an excellent piece of advice.

Whilst there's a competition still on we're still a chance.

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.

If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course.

Life offers more than one chance, Cathy, you know that.

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.

Chance is as relentless as necessity.

No man ever became wise by chance.

I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.