Chances Are Quotes - Page 15

• Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.

  Amy Tan

  Luck, Firsts, Steps

  Amy Tan (2006). “The Kitchen God's Wife”, p.112, Penguin

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• If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.

  Steven Pressfield

  Real, Artist, Self

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.39, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I've ever written, and I hope it's the first book you've ever read. Don't make a habit of it.

  Stephen Colbert

  Book, Reading, Printed Word

  "I Am America (And So Can You!)". Book by Stephen Colbert, 2007.

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• Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, Marriage, Love You

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• The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.

  Victor Hugo

  Laughter, Spring, Doors

  "Les misérables".

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• The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

  Hans Selye

  Elements, Research, Chance

  Hans Selye (1979). “The Stress of My Life: A Scientist's Memoirs”, New York ; Toronto ; Van Nostrand Reinhold

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• The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way. And that’s why I’ve always thought and said, farmers are the smartest people in the world, they don’t go for high hats and they can spot a phony a mile off.

  Harry S. Truman

  Thinking, People, Peaceful

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• I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get

  Anne Tyler

  Chance, One Chance

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• If there’s a magic pony in the story, chances are I’ll read it.

  Chris Adrian

  Magic, Ponies, Stories

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• ...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.

  Eric Hoffer

  Chance, Ability

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Chances are where you find them

  Terry Pratchett

  Chance

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• There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian dilemmas that confront the average citizen in other areas of life ... the stakes in this realm could not be higher. For chances are that at some point along the line you will hold in your hands another person's heart. There is no greater responsibility on the planet. However you contend with this fragile organ, which pounds or seizes in accordance with your caprice, will take your full measure.

  Lionel Shriver

  Hero, Responsibility, Heart

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• Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.

  Henry Miller

  Sweet, Littles, Chance

  Henry Miller (1977). “Tropic of Cancer”

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• If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place.

  Richard Francis Burton

  Girl, Fall, Long

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• To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions.

  Charles Simic

  Self, Chance, Obsession

  "Dime-store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell". Book by Charles Simic, therumpus.net. 1992.

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• There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.

  Pat Summitt

  Running, Perseverance, Differences

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.155, Crown Business

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• Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.

  O. Henry

  Adventure, Shadow, May

  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.1277, Delphi Classics

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• Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting ourselves. But if you can find meaning, in the kind of running you have to do to stay on this team, chances are you will be able to find meaning in another absurd past-time: life.

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Team, Men

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• Chance is as relentless as necessity.

  Simon Blackburn

  Chance, Relentless

  Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.60, Oxford University Press

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• My goal is to make furniture that people can be comfortable living with. If you’re not preoccupied with making an impact with your designs, chances are something that looks good today will look good tomorrow.

  Sam Maloof

  Impact, People, Goal

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• If you're doing something the same way you have been doing it for ten years, the chances are you are doing it wrong.

  Charles Kettering

  Years, Way, Chance

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• When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third won’t.  So two-thirds of the children are wasting their time.

  Lilian Katz

  Teacher, Children, Kids

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• But if Christians don’t get Jesus right, what chance is there that other people will bother much with him?

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Jesus, People

  N. T. Wright (2011). “Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters”, p.12, Harper Collins

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