Missed Chances Quotes

• Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Twitter post from Oct 08, 2015

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• The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking.

  Le Ly Hayslip

  Past, Next, Chance

  Le Ly Hayslip (2012). “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places”, p.261, Anchor

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I never miss a good chance to shut up

  James Patterson

  Cowboy, Silence, Missing

  James Patterson (2017). “Along Came a Spider: (Alex Cross 1)”, p.237, Random House

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• ...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.

  Stephen King

  Two, Stupidity, Retrospect

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• As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, over inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life’s moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down. Soon, in every nation and in every language, time became the most precious commodity.

  Mitch Albom

  Heart, Long, People

  Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.

  Michael Chang

  Past, Opportunity, Thinking

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