Best 2144 quotes in «chance quotes» category

At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder. At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war.

At a better pace, slower and more calculated No chance of escape.

A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing.

A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.

At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, 'completes what nature left unfinished.'

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t' his other virtues, They're all unseason'd without it.

A very small cause, which escapes us, determines a considerable effect which we cannot ignore, and we say that this effect is due to chance.

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

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees. They rarely ever do. Perhaps a really mediocre artist has more chance of success.

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

Back in 1987 when they drafted me. The Indians were the only team interested in taking a chance on Albert Belle, and I made the most of it. Hopefully, they got as much from me as I got from them.

Bad choices or good, if you never take chances, someone else will build your life for you.

Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense.

Beauty always takes place in the particular, and if there are no particulars, the chances of seeing it go down

Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its utmost law.

Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I was probably a Communist. Or worse, a Liberal. Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.

Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

Before you save anyone else, you have to save yourself. otherwise, you'rejust a bundle of tics, a stringed puppet manipulated by the chance and the insensible wind.

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.

Being given chances, and not taking them. That's what life is all about.

Bon chance, mon ami," Dante called softly. Levet allowed himself a small smile. A vampire who could speak French. He couldn't be all bad.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. The time you spend living in fear is time you cannot spend living in love. The time you spend hiding and retreating from life is time you cannot spend growing and advancing and achieving.

Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.

Best thing about doing Youtube as a job - the Youtube friends that I've met all around the world, that I never would have got the chance to meet without Youtube.

Black folks don't have a chance, so they are in the hood, dealing drugs, in a shoot-out. They do it again and one more time they are out.

Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.

Both individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.

But as the unthought-on accident is guilty To what we wildly do, so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies Of every wind that blows.

But everyone has a chance. Every big guy started off small.

But there was something I liked about the idea of those seeds buried so deep having at least a chance to emerge

But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.

But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?

But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.

But when’s the last time you took a chance? Or didn’t do what someone else expected of you? Or did something you really wanted to, even though you probably shouldn’t have?

But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance.

Carry your Bible and live by it. There's a better chance that you will stay married if that much is true for either one of you - male or female.

Call any vegetable and the chances are good that the vegetable will respond to you.

By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.

Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us.

Chance encounters are what keep us going.

Chance favours the trained mind.