CHANCE

Quote: Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Author: Henry Brooks Adams 1838-1918, American Historian


Quote: Chance is the providence of adventurers.

Author: Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821, French General, Emperor


Quote: In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.

Author: George Earle Buckle 1854-1935, British Journalist


Quote: Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.

Author: Bart Conner American Gymnast


Quote: A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

Author: William Cowper 1731-1800, British Poet


Quote: Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.

Author: Jacques Delille 1738-1813, French Poet


Quote: Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Author: Jack Dempsey 1895-1983, American Boxer


Quote: Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Author: Euripides BC 480-406, Greek Tragic Poet


Quote: Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give it a chance.

Author: C. H. Fowler


Quote: Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name.

Author: Anatole France 1844-1924, French Writer


Quote: The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign.

Author: Anatole France 1844-1924, French Writer


Quote: A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author


Quote: He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

Author: Edward F. Halifax 1881-1959, British Conservative Statesman


Quote: To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.

Author: Robert Heinlein 1907-1988, American Science Fiction Writer


Quote: I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset

Author: Javan


Quote: People who come up with ''It may not work'' or ''What are we going to do if it fails?'' do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.

Author: Kim Woo-Choong Business Executive


Quote: Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck 1862-1949, Belgian Author


Quote: Chance favors only those who court her.

Author: Charles Nicolle 1866-1936, French Physician, Bacteriologist


Quote: One chance is all you need.

Author: Jesse Owens 1913-1980, American Olympic Track Athlete


Quote: Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

Author: Louis Pasteur 1822-1895, French Scientist Who Developed ''Pasteurization''


Quote: If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. The journey has been incredible from its beginning. So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

Author: Sidney Poitier 1924-, American Actor, Director, Producer, Ambassador


Quote: Sometimes I pause and sadly think of all the things that might have been. Of all the golden chances I let slip by, And which never returned again. It fills me with gloom when I ponder this, Till I look on the other side. How I might have been completely engulfed by misfortune's surging tide.

Author: G.J. Russell


Quote: Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.

Author: Adam Smith 1723-1790, Scottish Economist


Quote: How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.

Author: Terence BC 185-18159, Roman Writer of Comedies


Quote: I do not give money for just mere hopes.

Author: Terence BC 185-18159, Roman Writer of Comedies


Quote: A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: Every chance taken is another chance to win.

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: If you want to be successful, you must either have a chance or take one.

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: How come ''fat chance'' and ''slim chance'' mean the same thing?

Author: Ziggy Cartoon Character