Second Chance Quotes - Page 6

• There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Return, Chance, No Second Chances

  Daphne du Maurier (1969). “My Cousin Rachel”

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• It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should get second chances on the big stuff. We should come equipped with erasers attached to the tops of our heads. Like pencils. We should be able to flip over and scribble away mistakes, at least once or twice during the duration of our existence, especially in matters of life and death.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Mistake, Opportunity, Life And Death

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2002). “God Shaped Hole: A Novel”, p.101, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground, Who suffer on in earthly fate The bitter pain of agony hate, Might but they stop and here forgive Would break the bonds to breathe and live And find that God in goodness brings A chance for change, the hope of wings To rest in Him, and self to die And so become a butterfly.

  Karen Kingsbury

  Pain, Hate, Heart

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• Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to allow annoyance to interfere with gratitude?

  Katrina Kenison

  Gratitude, Children, Growing Up

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• Because in most cases, I believe that people deserve a second chance. And because I couldn't have lived with myself if I'd stood by and let them both die souless, when I could have helped.

  Rachel Vincent

  Believe, People, Cases

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “My Soul to Save”, p.275, Harlequin

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• It was an image Melody would never forget. Or was it the emotions the image conjured - hope, excitement, and fear of the unknown, all three tightly braided together, creating a fourth emotion that was impossible to define. She was getting a second chance at happiness and it tickled like swallowing fifty fuzzy caterpillars.

  Lisi Harrison

  Life, Creating, Together

  Lisi Harrison (2010). “Monster High”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• People mess up and make mistakes all the time. Everyone deserves a second chance right? - Brandon

  Molly McAdams

  Mistake, People, Mess

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• I know what we can control, we can control our effort and we can control our approach. We do what we're supposed to do to get some second-chance points off the offensive glass, maybe our pressure can get us some easy opportunities in the open floor and we've got to capitalize.

  Andy Kennedy

  Opportunity, Glasses, Effort

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• Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.

  Hunter Hayes

  First Impression, Firsts, Experiments

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• It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

  Voltaire

  Friendship, Law, Firsts

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• Course Dumbledore trusts you,” growled Moody. “He’s a trusting man, isn’t he? Believes in second chances. But me — I say there are spots that don’t come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?

  J. K. Rowling

  Believe, Mean, Men

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• In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan squandered however many second chances he gave him. Gansey was just a guy with a lot of stuff and a hole inside him that chewed away more of his heart every year.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Heart, Years, Guy

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• As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story or poem or novel. Slow down now, touch what is around you, and out of care and compassion for each moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Live Life, Writing, Compassion

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• ... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.

  Kate Morton

  People, Giving, Dull

  Kate Morton (2013). “The Secret Keeper: A Novel”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.

  Wendy Mass

  Long, Giving, Waiting

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• You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Interesting, Bonus, Sometimes

  Lisa Kleypas (2013). “Crystal Cove”, p.80, Macmillan

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• Well, it's basically the viewers who determine it. We - well, basically the producers and myself chose the people we felt had the best reaction, you know, through the press, the Internet, the people we thought deserved a second chance. And they've chosen a winner, I believe.

  Simon Cowell

  Believe, People, Winner

  "Simon Cowel Dishes on America's Got Talent". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 12, 2008.

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• Publishers love to compartmentalize, and Second Chance was not an easy novel to define.

  Chet Williamson

  Easy, Novel, Publishers

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• When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.

  Majel Barrett

  Stars, Numbers, Ships

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• In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions.

  Sydney Brenner

  Moving, School, Cells

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• There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

  H. Rap Brown

  Pregnancy, Class, Littles

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• See, that's the thing about second chances. It's two people that are there for each other and support each other and care about each other no matter how much they want to deny it. It's about one person doing everything they can to make sure the other doesn't fall and vice-versa. Second chances are about holding on to that other persons hand no matter how hard they beg to let go.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Letting Go, Fall, Hands

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• Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

  Len Deighton

  Book, Writing, Politician

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• Our God of Grace often gives us a second chance, but there is no second chance to harvest a ripe crop.

  Kurt von Schleicher

  Giving, Christian Inspirational, Grace

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• After what I have seen, I realize that absolutely anything is possible, and that we did not come here to suffer. Life is supposed to be great, and we are very, very loved. The way I look at life has changed dramatically, and I am so glad to have been given a second chance to experience “heaven on earth”.

  Anita Moorjani

  Heaven, Suffering, Looks

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