Quotes About Chances

Well, now, Dobber has a pretty fair sort of memory, and he says that Miss Sarah Brown tells The Sky that since he seems to know so much about the Bible, maybe he remembers the second verse of the Song of Solomon, but the chances are Dobber muffs the number of the verse, because I look the matter up in one of these Gideon Bibles, and the verse seems a little too much for Miss Sarah Brown, although of course you never can tell.

One of the most robust findings, in the academic research and my own, is that over time we are much more likely to regret the chances we didn't take than the chances we did.

The year 2015 brought me so many further chances to spread the word about human rights violations in North Korea, from addressing the United Nations to publishing my autobiography.

The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.

There was grace in second chances and foolishness in third.

Life is what happened when all the 'what-ifs' didn't . . . .

What was the point of having a life if you never had the chance to live it?

Life means risk. People who sabotage themselves shouldn't worry about failure as much as they should be concerned about the chances they miss when they don't even try. Speech writer Charles Parnell observed, "Too many people are having what might be called 'near-life experiences.' They go through life bunting, so afraid of failure that they never try to win the big prizes, never knowing the thrill of hitting a home run or even taking a swing at one.

Those who fly always first get out on the edge. If you want to seize an opportunity, you must take a risk. If you want to grow, you must make mistakes. If you want to reach your potential, you will have to take chances. If you don't, you will be resigned to a life of mediocrity. The people who don't make mistakes end up working for those who do. And in the end, they often end up regretting the safe life they lived. —

What's ironic is that those who don't have the courage to take risks and those who do, experience the same amount of fear in life. The only difference is that those who don't take chances worry about trivial things.

I gave you more chances then I should have so now I'm finally walking away.

Don't waste your time giving the same person second chances, the perfect person could be out there waiting for a first chance.

And now I'm living in the past with all these regrets. Looking at all the chances I was too afraid to take and the people I was too scared to admit my feelings to. Life is moving on but I still can't let go off all these regrets.

Don't waste time mourning lost opportunites or missed chances. If it was meant for you, it would have happened.

In the end, I'll regret all the chances I didn't take with you. I'll regret all the moments I let slip by. I'll regret all the times I hid my feelings from you. And in end, my biggest regret was losing you.

Love? Forget that. Heart breaks? I had that. Chances? I gave that. Going back? I'm past that. Moved on? Believe that.

Love? Forget that. Heartbreak? I had that. Chances? I gave that. Going back? I'm past that. Moved on? Believe that. Miss you? Never that!

Love? fu.. that. Lies? I heard that. Chances? I gave that. Going back? I'm past that. Moved on? Believe that.

I would have given you the world if you'd have given me the chance.

Its too early to call it love and to late to say it's mine. The only thing that makes me sad is that we never ever tried.

Everybody deserves second chances, but not for the same mistakes.

Take that one chance you know you've got, don't waste it. Give it your all, because in the end, it doesn't matter if you failed, I'd rather be thinking of what I've done, than what could of been.

Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a large heap of derision when you get home.

You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. It's by taking chances that you'll learn how to be brave.