Wretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would be most profitable for you not to hear? The very best thing is utterly beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. However, the second best thing for you is: to die soon.

Aristotle

Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

Frank Sinatra

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Stephen Hawking

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

Thucydides

I think it's an honor to be a role model to one person or maybe more than that. If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.

Tiger Woods

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight.

Horatio Nelson

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.

Juvenal

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

Leslie Stephen

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Bill Gates

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

Jean Nidetch

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

Mary Mcleod Bethune

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

Richard Pryor

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

Mignon McLaughlin

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Ovid

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick.

Mark Twain

If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.

Paul Harvey

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

Clarence Day

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

Roger Babson

Chance is the fool's name for Fate.

Fred Astaire

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

Paul Theroux

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Oprah Winfrey

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oprah Winfrey

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

William Shakespeare

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Louis Pasteur

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Calvin Coolidge

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus

'Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.'

Lance Armstrong

Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Samuel Johnson

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Lincoln Steffens

We both have a chance. It's on our home court and we know the gym.

Ricky Sanchez

My job is to give my team a chance to win.

Nolan Ryan

In this constellation we didn't have a chance. We just don't have the same quality players.

Peter Kathan

This is our last chance. You cannot recreate cultures.

Carel Van Schaik

We generally don't get a chance to beat Sturgis the way we would like to.

Jim Bilsborrow

I doubt the crew had any chance of survival.

Richard Crockett

I think we have a good chance.

Maja Stanojevic

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

Richard M. Devos

Harrison played great. He didn't make a bogey all day. He didn't have a chance to make a bogey.

Tommy Bell

We are asking for one more chance. We are confident we can turn things around.

Sanyo President Toshimasa Iue

We know roughly where these people are. ... At the moment I would say there is a chance they can be released safely.

Geoffrey Hoon

He earned himself a chance to stay around a little longer.

Jay Feaster

[The call-up] wasn't anticipated. I was just hoping to get a chance, and now I hope to make the best of this.

Dustin Byfuglien

I wasn't counting them. I thought if we could withstand their pressure, we had a chance.

Frank Soria

He did not give me a chance to show my game.

Nikolay Davydenko

It's a chance for these kids to be the center of attention in a very positive way.

Rochel Bryski

I keep hearing I'm a good chance.

Andrew Johns

Antone is a great kid. He can hit. He can run, so he's got a chance. At that level, it's all about how much you hit.

Chris Finwood

No chance they will ever see the fruits of a nuclear program.

Yuval Steinitz

Now I've got to go out and give myself the best chance possible to live up to my intention.

Bret Boone

We wouldn't have taken the chance.

Shannon Olson

The West's Last Chance.

Tony Kornheiser

It's a chance to help a little kid and his family.

Tony Sirico

Experience helps but they're all there. I wouldn't count anyone as having a better chance than someone else.

Mark Fischer

He has a chance to make things right, and I think he's going to do that.

Jermaine O'neal

It's exciting. Not many teams get a chance to do this.

Meg Dahlman

They're the best fit for me personally. In all aspects, they're probably the best fit for me as a person to give me the chance to succeed and do the best I can.

Darrell Davis

It's hard to bite because we had a chance of being in first place, and we didn't come to play today.

Sandra Hollander

(The shot) gave us the sense that now that we had a chance.

Garon Gembe

I'm just hoping to make myself better and work on some things. This will give me a chance to do that.

Luke Babbitt

It's really unclear. There's a good chance we will never know where it came from.

Marc Maiffret

We know it's a wonderful chance for us.

Mark Recchi

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

Anne Bradstreet

This is a great chance to show what we can do.

Manuel Joao Paulo

There's one word for it: serendipity. The chance happenings out there with people are amazing.

Marcia Powers

The coaches say that I will have a chance to compete.

Quinton Hancock

Everyone said that we didn't have a chance at the tournament.

Judi Overbey

It was a bit of a joke, really. They came in and asked if I wanted to do it and there was a chance to win $10,000, so I said OK.

Ben Windsor

It was down there. So, we decided to take a chance.

Mike Dowling

I just thought that if we could get it down to 10 we had a chance. We tried to make some adjustments. We got them.

Lance Wagner

I think that these people will have a fair chance to file an appeal.

Jim Flynn

This tournament will afford us a chance to see how prepared are we for Africa and cannot, therefore, be taken lightly.

Neil Tovey

Whether it's a large chance or a small chance, it's a chance, and so, it's an urgent situation.

Captain Paul Mcdonough

We had our chance. We were up by two games with three to play ? that's all you can ask for.

Ken Anderson

They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better.

Alexis Adamjee

Give him a chance to respond.

Richard May

Owens has power. He always has a chance to hit one out.

Charlie Montoyo

We have absolutely no chance of getting it. They have our money, why would they want to give any back?

Paul Adametz

She has an outside chance, but she has to go faster than she's ever gone before.

Deb Mandeville

Scoring off our defense is a big thing. If we can do that, we've got a chance to do some things.

Phil Willard

We've never been there before, and we'd like to be there to give it a chance.

Dan Stone

The more older brothers a man has, the greater that man's chance of being gay.

Michael Bailey

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Theophile Gautier

I've said this a lot - we're not the best in the world, but we have a chance to be.

Bill Marolt

Even though it was an outside chance, that could have been me on the shuttle. It's kind of scary.

Tom Richardson

I think he sees it as a way to get away from all the distractions. It's a chance for them to focus on basketball.

Dave Weber

If I could put up the zero, we had a great chance to win this game.

Aaron Small

Two little guys getting a chance to be on the big stage.

Ryan Bradley

I think she has the potential to have a chance to be a state champion. No doubt about that.

Trinity Morgan

I can't say when cars might run on lithium-ion batteries, but there's a very good chance they will be used.

Kazuo Okamoto

There's even an outside chance of a budget surplus.

Kevin Lings

The faculty is all excited ... they are well aware of what it means. This is the best chance we've ever had.

Paul Rickard

There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.

Charlize Theron

There's seven minutes left, so there's always a chance. Unfortunately, we couldn't get any more.

Jason Duda

We had a great morning that led us to a great night. This has given us a chance.

Jack Bauerle

There is no chance of that changing. He has full support.

Theo Psaros

We've never done it before. Now, we have the chance.

Matthew Lee

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Euripides

I would have loved to have a chance to wrestle against him and see where I stand. I really wanted to.

Mario Gonzalez

I think he can play, but somebody is going to have to give him a chance.

Avery Cutshaw

In fact, there is a 60% chance that one or more of the patents will be reaffirmed.

Ronald Riley

I cry every chance I get.

Richard Gere

I think we have as good a chance as anyone, but we're definitely not the favorites.

Dan Pickering

We have four kids going to the district, so I believe we have four kids with a chance.

Roger Branham

To get a chance to come back and defend your first win is something you only get one chance of doing.

Nick Dougherty

This is my chance to see if I can play here. And I believe I can.

Derrick Johnson

We knew we had a chance. But we didn't get up in the morning with a do-or-die, win-or-die mindset about the race.

Sara Renner

He had his chance. He did not lead.

Ray Hunkins

I was pleased with the chance and you get on with it and try to impress.

David Vaughan

I never thought I was going to win, I didn't think I was a chance.

Stephanie Rice

He is baiting you into it. He came to America to die, and you are his last chance.

Gerald Zerkin

For both leaders, this is probably their last chance.

Gianfranco Pasquino

The more you go south, the chance of heavy rain decreases.

Bob Renard

In a way it's a blessing. It's another chance for revenge.

Kevin Everly

If he comes back and is healthy, you try to give him a chance to go out this season healthy.

Jim Beattie

I didn't get the chance to play against Andy in Davis Cup when they beat us, ... In a way, this was a revenge.

Max Mirnyi

He really got it off quickly, just really snapped it. I was coming out, but didn't really get a chance to get set on it, and he just put it in a perfect place where I couldn't get to it.

Corey Schneider

I don't think the bid at 10 euros stands any chance of success.

James Golob

It went very well. We got a chance to introduce the new superintendent.

Bruce Corrette

The first question is, does he want to take that chance?

Tony Colucci

I believe everybody deserves a second chance.

Dave Miller

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

William Cowper

If they had acted fast there was a chance to win our hearts and minds, but they are losing that chance.

Imtiaz Ahmed

This will give the public another chance to voice opinions.

Daymon Doss

That's better than chance. But it's not clinically significant.

Nicholas Broffman

The girls have a chance of sweeping, no question.

Ross Powers

The summit is up for grabs right now, and we cannot let this chance slip away.

Caroline Green

There's some chance we'll be involved in a three-way.

Chris Pelchen

It's got to hurt, doesn't it. It's got to dent his chance of being leader.

Frederick William Robertson

It is vital that we win. This is a chance to cut the gap between ourselves and the front two.

Iain Stewart

I couldn't believe it. I knew we had a chance and it worked out for us.

Ricardo Lewis

This is my second chance to be with kids.

Joe Green

Bridgewater-Raritan is the standard in the area and in the state. We have a chance to dethrone the champion. To be the champion, you have to beat the champion.

Mike Frauenheim

He went into our winter spell as our best derby chance.

Paul Moroney

That was a really special day. It was a chance for me to go back to my college and get a big honor, and it happened on my birthday.

Ryan Fleming

Any chance I get, I try to find it.

Tim Page

For them to give me this chance to close these games is an honor.

Salomon Torres

I wanted to go there for a while. I finally got a chance to this year.

John Starzyk

I think he has a very good chance at it.

Frank Michalowski

This is a chance to keep the tradition in our program active.

Mike Candrea

As of right now there's no chance of rain in the foreseeable future.

Kent Kuyper

We had our chance in this game. We didn't take advantage of it.

Johnny Wolf

If there is a chance [for a profit], it is going to go to the Hill District.

David Morehouse

This is a good chance for me to face a good team.

Maxime Ouellet

There's a good chance this will come down to the shareholders.

David Heupel

I'll also be getting a chance to teach. That's my background.

Ron Waske

We honestly didn't think we would make it. It was a good opportunity for us to have another chance to fight.

Shallana Baillargeon

So there is a chance that we may not see much precipitation at all.

Brian Cullen

It was a chance for a trophy and not go away empty-handed.

Lyssa Dennard

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Harrison Ford

She has a chance but I don't think she could possibly beat Diego Garcia.

Larry Cassidy

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Duke Ellington

There's very little chance for Lourdes.

Fernando Tuesta

Some people who have injuries don't have a chance of survival.

Rob Holden

I couldn't take this chance to play away from him.

Lisa Long

When we get a chance, we will show they are wrong.

Donnie Camm

Eddie certainly gave us a chance to win. In the second period he was awesome.

Mats Sundin

I jump at the chance.

Chris Weitz

But we had a lot of girls, and we really wanted to give them a chance.

Cathy Meils

If we don't take this opportunity, it's very likely that we won't get another chance.

Sam Hodder

The further you go, the better chance there is that you're going to get your heart ripped out.

Dave Adolph

They're certainly interested. They've always got a chance. They're the team that drafted him.

Brad Blank

Now we only have to convert a realistic chance into victory.

Viktor Orban

I really do believe some of the kids have a chance to play for Bob Knight, do doubt.

Paul Gordon

This would increase the chance of getting a good transplant.

Harvey Lodish

This is their chance to really shine with Madison Avenue.

Bob Dorfman

Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your life, spending a lot of time, you pay for it with time, not the wasting of time but the spending of time.

Robert Doisneau

Any time you score a touchdown on defense, you don't get that chance very often.

Paul Duren

We knew. They didn't even get a chance to knock.

Rosemary Palmer

I didn't have any intention of leaving, but I took a chance.

Gigi Brown

That was our only chance. It put us in overtime and we had the momentum going in.

Phil Nelson

We have a lot better chance of catching a person if somebody is telling us where they are or where they've recently been.

Officer Colbert

They should've given us a chance, they barely gave us a few days. We didn't get anything.

Ashley Howard

We give students the chance to explore theater as a theater artist.

David Sullivan

I think we have a chance to win again. That's because we have a team.

Danielle Jackson

With temperatures this low the body freezes quickly and there is little chance of survival.

Leszek Suski

We had chance after chance and you only get so many opportunities and we didn't convert.

Alison Ojeda

We're all glad they decided to give her another chance.

Shari Boyd

Everybody believes [Underwood] never had a chance ....

Glenn Mitchell

We had our chance and Phil hit a screamer, but they made the play.

Jay Adams

I never really got down because I know it's a process. And to have a chance to be with the Spurs, you really can't get down about it.

Melvin Sanders

We can't even get in there to have a chance to look at that and see the condition of the infrastructure.

Al Naomi

I think there's a good chance that Glenn will be OK.

Ricky Ponting

We thought we had a chance, but it was fun, and that is all that matters.

Shuteamia Brayboy

At the end I got the chance and was able to take advantage of it.

David Ferrer

We have a chance to get a joint document of principles tomorrow.

Alexander Alexeyev

This is his chance.

Doug Harrison

We've got to stay away from injuries to have a chance to do anything.

Chuck Dickinson

The parties are a lot of fun because you get to try a lot of different things. It gives you a chance to do something different but not complicated.

Libby Smith

Gives you a chance to get ahead.

Bonnie Brown

If we win the first one, we'll have a chance to make a run. The first game (at the Fairgrounds) is always the toughest.

Tim Casey

I think it's a great chance.

Sam Warburg