Quotes About Opportunity

Einmal ist keinmal

?loveško življenje se dogodi le enkrat, zato ne bomo nikoli zanesljivo vedeli, katera naša odlo?itev je bila prava in katera napa?na, zakaj v dani situaciji smo se lahko odlo?ili le enkrat. Ni nam bilo dano nobeno drugo, tretje življenje, da bi mogli razli?ne odlo?itve primerjati med seboj.

Sólo la casualidad puede aparecer ante nosotros como un mensaje.

Einmal ist keinmal. What happens but once might as well not have happened at all.

la vida humana acontece solo una vez y por eso nunca podremos averiguar cuáles de nuestras decisiones fueron correctas y cuáles incorrectas.

Ma non è invece giusto il contrario, che un avvenimento è tanto più significativo e privilegiato quanti più casi fortuiti intervengono a determinarlo? Soltanto il caso può apparirci come un messaggio. Ciò che avviene per necessità, ciò che è atteso, che si ripete ogni giorno, tutto ciò è muto. Soltanto il caso ci parla. Cerchiamo di leggervi dentro come gli zingari leggono le immagini formate dai fondi del caffè in una tazzina.

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. We read it's message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup.

La vie humaine n'a lieu qu'une seule fois et nous ne pourrons jamais vérifier quelle était la bonne et quelle était la mauvaise décision, parce que, dans toute situation, nous ne pouvons décider qu'une seule fois. Il ne nous est pas donnée une deuxième, une troisième, une quatrième vie pour que nous puissions comparer différentes décisions.

?i din nou îi veni în minte ideea pe care o È™tim: ViaÈ›a omului nu are loc decât o singur? dat?, È™i noi nu putem verifica niciodat? care e ideea bun? È™i care a fost ideea rea, c?ci, în toate situaÈ›iile nu putem decide decât o singur? dat?. Nu ne este h?r?zit? o a doua, o a treia, o a patra via??, ca s? putem compara diferitele decizii.

Menneskets liv er noe som skjer bare en eneste gang, og vi kan aldri få kontrollert hvilken avgjørelse som var riktig og hvilken som var gal, for i enhver situasjon kan vi bare bestemme oss en gang. Vi får ikke noe annet, tredje eller fjerde liv for å kunne sammenligne forskjellige avgjørelser.

Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all.

Chance and chance alone has a message for us.

Chúng ta s?ng ch? má»™t l?n, t?t hÆ¡n ??ng bao gi? s?ng

Lo que solo ocurre una vez es como si no ocurriera nunca. Si el hombre solo puede vivir una vida es como si no viviera en absoluto

La vie humaine n'a lieu qu'une seule fois et nous ne pourrons jamais vérifier quelle était la bonne et quelle était la mauvaise décision, parce que, dans toute situation, nous ne pouvons décider qu'une seule fois. Il ne nous est pas donné une deuxième, une troisième, une quatrième vie pour que nous puissions comparer différentes décisions

What happens but once, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.

What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have hap-pened at all. If we have only one life to live,we might as well not have lived at all.

Einmal ist keinmal ditor Tomas kendi kendine. Sadece bir kere olan ÅŸey diyor Alman özdeyiÅŸi, hiç olmam?? say?l?r. YaÅŸanacak bir tek hayat?m?z varsa eÄŸer, onu hiç yaÅŸamam?? da olabiliriz , farketmez.

Philly Joe was a bitch. If he'd been a lawyer and white, he would have been president of the United States, because in order to get there you gotta talk fast and carry a lot of bullshit with you; Philly had it all and a lot to spare.

A "businessman," meanwhile, was not just a craftsman who made goods or a merchant who traded them, but a more fluid kind of capitalist, constantly finding new ways to turn a profit.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

When opportunity doesn't knock, create a door

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

I have been enormously impressed by the role that pure chance plays in determining our life history. I was reminded of some famous lines of Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both I took the one less travled by, And that has made all the difference. As I recalled my own experience and development, I was impressed by the series of lucky accidents that determined the road I traveled. > From Lives of the Laureates pg.67