Chance Quotes - Page 24

• Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Four Elements, Climate

  Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.104, Princeton University Press

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• Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Elements, Needed

  Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.85, Princeton University Press

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• What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.

  Betty Ford

  Baby, Opportunity, Men

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• I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid...

  David Beckham

  Regret, Real, Later In Life

  "Thanks all round at parting of ways" by David Harbord, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2003.

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• I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

  Pau Gasol

  Winning, Levels, High Level

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• Changing would not give me the best chance to win. I need to have fun. I need to attack.

  Phil Mickelson

  Fun, Winning, Giving

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• Some days are a blessing when you wake up and you say, 'Wow, I feel good today.' Some days are like: 'Wow, I feel bad. I got no chance today.' You tape it up and you go.

  Jorge Posada

  Blessing, Feel Good, Tape

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• I belong a Yankee. I'm really happy that I got the chance to sign a good contract, and really happy that I got the chance to stay with the Yankees. Going elsewhere, I was going to hear the offers, but the Yankees made it really tough.

  Jorge Posada

  Yankees, Tough, Made

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• I'm just a kid in a candy store right now, trying to have fun. I'm getting a chance to show my ability and my talent.

  Dwyane Wade

  Fun, Kids, Trying

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• Taking care of my parents is one of the things that I want to do, just give them some of the things that we never had a chance to have. It's all about remembering where I came fromt.

  Reggie Bush

  Giving, Parent, Care

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• If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.

  Eli Manning

  Team, Thinking, Individual

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• The biggest thing is not to lose your confidence and realize you've got to work through those mistakes to yourself a chance to improve.

  Joey Harrington

  Mistake, Realizing, Loses

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• This Is Your Time, This Is Your Dance. Live Every Moment, Leave Nothing To Chance. Swim In The Sea. Drink Of The Deep, Embrace The Mystery Of All You Could Be. What if Tomorrow? And What If Today? Faced With The Question, Oh What Would You Say?

  Michael W. Smith

  Sea, Swim, What If

  Michael W. Smith, Gary Lee Thomas (2000). “This Is Your Time: Make Every Moment Count”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I used to think it would be neat to play my whole career with one team. But as a baseball player you want to come to the ballpark every day knowing you have a chance to win and that the games mean something.

  Carlos Beltran

  Baseball, Team, Mean

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• You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

  John Wall

  Humble, Nba, Play

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• The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.

  Morgan Ensberg

  Winning, Player, College

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• Everybody wants to be a professional baseball player and, sure, as a kid, I wanted to do that. But once I got cut from my high school team, I figured there wasn't much chance of that ever happening. I'm still in awe of it.

  Mark Buehrle

  Baseball, Team, Kids

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• You have to have quarterbacks who can keep up with everybody else. And I'm not saying that just black quarterbacks can do that, but more black quarterbacks are given a chance because they fit the mold.

  Daunte Culpepper

  Black, Mold, Fit

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• When I started shooting it just gives my partners more chances for rebounds. It opens up more room.

  Pavel Datsyuk

  Giving, Shooting, Rooms

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• There are many actresses that are working longer, because until you change the playing field and make it economically stronger for women, it's very difficult to say no to somebody when that's your only gig. If you're a producer, or if you have more power, you're going to be in a position to know that if you burn that bridge, there'll still be this bridge open. But still - when people ask me 'do you think your politics have decreased your chances of working, I say: 'In Hollywood, most of the prejudice has to do with if you're old or fat.' Power can't forgive that".

  Susan Sarandon

  Thinking, People, Forgiving

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• There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment.

  Tom Robbins

  Destiny, Swings, Doors

  "Continental Drifting With Tom Robbins" by Mary Eisenhart, www.sfgate.com. July 23, 2000.

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• Perhaps there is a reason that there is no fool piece on the chessboard. What action, a fool? What strategy, a fool? What use, a fool? Ah, but a fool resides in a deck of cards, a joker, sometimes two. Of no worth, of course. No real purpose. The appearance of a trump, but none of the power: Simply an instrument of chance. Only a dealer may give value to the joker.

  Christopher Moore

  Real, Two, Giving

  Christopher Moore (2010). “Fool”, p.64, Hachette UK

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• I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be Radiant -- to Radiate Life!

  Elbert Hubbard

  Uplifting, People, Giving

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• My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings.

  Aleister Crowley

  Quality, Nervous, Individual

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