Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
—David J. Schwartz (1927–87) American Self-help Author
Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
—George Washington (1732–99) American Head of State, Military Leader
When the cat and the mouse agree the farmer doesn’t stand a chance.
—Danish Proverb
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life
—Common Proverb
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
—Jack London (1876–1916) American Novelist
Every chance taken is another chance to win.
—Unknown
To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
—Robert A. Heinlein (1907–88) American Science Fiction Writer
Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.
—Larry King (1933–2021) American TV Personality, Radio Personality, Journalist
We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
Chance generally favors the prudent.
—Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist
Don’t call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.
—Yiddish Proverb
Many people seem to think that opportunity means a chance to get money without earning it.
—Indian Proverb
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
—Samuel Lover (1797–1868) Anglo-Irish Writer, Artist, Songwriter
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.
—Ken Keyes Jr. (1921–95) American Personal Growth Author
Chance works for us when we are good captains.
—George Meredith (1828–1909) British Novelist, Poet, Critic
The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don’t make that contribution, nobody else can make it.
—Harold Kushner (1935–2023) American Rabbi, Author
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.
—George Goodman (b.1930) American Economist, Author
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us. Stay close to the heart of nature and forget this troubled world. Remember, there is nothing wrong with nature; the trouble is in ourselves.
—Parks Cousins
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
—James Lane Allen (1849–1925) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Chance never write a legible book; never built a fair house; never drew a neat picture; never did any of these things, nor ever will; nor can it, without absurdity, be supposed to do them, which are yet works very gross and rude, and very easy and feasible, as it were, in comparison to the production of a flower or a tree.
—Isaac Barrow
Grab a chance and you won’t be sorry for a might have been.
—Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) English Journalist, Children’s Writer
It’s all fate and chance.
—Arabic Proverb
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.
—Unknown
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