Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.
If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
It’s not how you start the season, it’s how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that’s what you play for. You don’t play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular… it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but without it you don’t have a chance.
If by chance some day you’re not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I’ve said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Take the risk. Take the chance. Put your heart and soul into it, because when you put your soul into it, you will become what you’ve always dreamed. You yourself will become a legend.
Coffee has always been a significant part of my life. For me, it’s a chance to start my day and gather my thoughts – it’s fuel for my creative process.
There’s only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn’t give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
Give yourself a chance to see how much better life will get. And it will get better.
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that’s why I’m so happy to be back!
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.
You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
Time is a finite resource that you can’t get back. I have the same 24 hours you have, and you get the same 24 hours as me. As you rise, so does you chance for opportunity.
I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle.
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.
If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.
Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
