Quotes About Chance

The past happened because a hundred little random things had to fall exactly into place in exactly the right way, in exactly the proper sequence, and while it was easy to accept the good results, one could only rage at the bad ones.

pilot might think a 1-percent chance of being shot down on a given mission acceptable, then realize that fifty such missions made it a 40-percent chance.

Luck isn't a wheelbarrow, Maurice; it works better if you don't push it. Stay

That's life and track though; you work hard for just a few chances

Was it possible that they'd crossed without realizing it, each one rounding the corner of the aisle the other one had just vacated at exactly the same time?

oddly emphatic, as if she'd been waiting all day for a chance to discuss the weather.

But man by his nature is an unnatural animal. If any creature stands a chance of defeating death, it is man.

The world is a very strange place,and the dice are always rolling

They say a story that begins with a beet will end with the devil; that is a risk we will have to take.

The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being."19

Well, if a man don't HAVE a chance, then he has to TAKE a chance!

Margaret grasped on to the magic of novels because they held out hope that Mary—and she herself—might yet have a chance at marriage. While my own experience of life was limited, I knew such a thing would not happen. It hurt, but the truth often does.

i've come to deliver some bad luck -train heartnet

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

La casualidad es la única dueña y señora del universo, ya lo dijo Einstein

La casualidad es la única dueña y señora del universo.

Sometimes you imagine that everything could have been different for you, that if only you had gone right one day when you chose to go left, you would be living a life you could never have anticipated. But at other times you think there was no other way forward--that you were always bound to end up exactly where you have.

One way to embrace the unexpected is to be on the lookout for, and respect, coincidence. I do not necessarily believe in fate, but, for me, coincidental occurrence strengthens my belief that I'm on the right path.

i worked hard in order to get lucky

he could manage. Ms. Silver happened to be walking by

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

What if the Hand of God decides to choke you to death on your next portion of Parma ham?

A fish is not seduced by bait. When it grows hungry, it eats whichever mosquito or dragonfly happens to be closest. If one is fortunate or destined, it is one's bait that is closest at that moment. But it is chance that fish and bait are in the right places at the right time.