82 Inspiring Quotes on Chances (OPPORTUNITY)

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Taking Chances (RISK AND REWARD)

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. - Paulo Coelho — You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. – Paulo Coelho

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. - Brian Tracy — I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. – Brian Tracy

The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. - Mark Zuckerberg — The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn — If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. - Søren Kierkegaard — To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. – Søren Kierkegaard

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy — There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. – John F. Kennedy

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. - Dale Carnegie — Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. – Dale Carnegie

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings. – Barbara Corcoran — Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings. – Barbara Corcoran

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish. - Ovid — Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish. – Ovid

True bravery is when there is very little chance of winning, but you keep fighting. - Joe Biden — True bravery is when there is very little chance of winning, but you keep fighting. – Joe Biden

21 Inspirational Chance Quotes to Help You Seize Opportunity in Life (TAKE THE CHANCE)

“Even though enthusiastic commitment may carry with it the risk of being wrong, still only those who take the chance will ever attain complete creativity. The committed person, win or lose, is the one who finds the real excitement in living.”
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. - Mary Tyler Moore — Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. – Mary Tyler Moore

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. - Chuck Palahniuk — The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. – Chuck Palahniuk

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. - Robert Collier — Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. – Robert Collier

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. - Neil Simon — If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. – Neil Simon

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. - Walter Anderson — Our lives improve only when we take chances – and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. – Walter Anderson

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances. - Mario Andretti — If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances. – Mario Andretti

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. – Sarah Addison Allen — Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. – Sarah Addison Allen

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough. - David Packard — Take risks. Ask big questions. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes; if you don’t make mistakes, you’re not reaching far enough. – David Packard

The only chance that we have of achieving our dreams is to take a risk, and most people who are consumed with negative self-talk do not find the risk to be worth it. - Jennifer Smith — The only chance that we have of achieving our dreams is to take a risk, and most people who are consumed with negative self-talk do not find the risk to be worth it. – Jennifer Smith

But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along. - Melinda Gates — But we also believe in taking risks, because that’s how you move things along. – Melinda Gates

You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. - T Sorensen — You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. – T Sorensen

Be passionate about your life. Learn to live without the fear of failing. Take a chance, you just might surprise yourself. - Nishan Panwar — Be passionate about your life. Learn to live without the fear of failing. Take a chance, you just might surprise yourself. – Nishan Panwar

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make. ― Iyanla Vanzant — If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don’t do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make. ― Iyanla Vanzant

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. - Franz Liszt — Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. – Franz Liszt

Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance. - H. Jackson Brown Jr. — Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Never regret taking a chance, even if you fall on your face; It's better to know you tried and failed than to wonder the great 'what if?'. - Devin Frye — Never regret taking a chance, even if you fall on your face; It’s better to know you tried and failed than to wonder the great ‘what if?’. – Devin Frye

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances. - Alberto Salazar — If you want to achieve a high goal, you’re going to have to take some chances. – Alberto Salazar

I've got to take chances and get out there. What are you going to do, sit home and knit? I don't knit. - Cybill Shepherd — I’ve got to take chances and get out there. What are you going to do, sit home and knit? I don’t knit. – Cybill Shepherd

Every day, you'll have opportunities to take chances and to work outside your safety net. - Donald Trump — Every day, you’ll have opportunities to take chances and to work outside your safety net. – Donald Trump

8 Motivating Quotes on Second Chances (TREASURE)

“Basically, a second chance is a “do over,” an opportunity to make an additional effort at accomplishing something or reaching a goal after you’ve failed at least once.”
Robert Moskowitz

In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid! And what if you do get a second chance? You take it! ― C. JoyBell C. — In case you never get a second chance: don’t be afraid! And what if you do get a second chance? You take it! ― C. JoyBell C.

In the space between chaos and shape, there was another chance. ― Jeanette Winterson

Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you. ― Matthew Quick — Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it’s a sin if you don’t reach back… I’m telling you. ― Matthew Quick

I check my pulse and if I can find it, I know I've got a chance. - Paul Newman — I check my pulse and if I can find it, I know I’ve got a chance. – Paul Newman

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance. - Jack Dempsey — Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance. – Jack Dempsey

You get as many chances as you want; as many as you dare to make for yourself. – Edward Bloor

There is no such thing as no chance. - Henry Ford — There is no such thing as no chance. – Henry Ford

20 Wise Quotes on Taking Chances (WISDOM)

“In an instant, we can make the choice to let our hearts stay broken or we can take a chance in living, and allow this beautiful adventure called life, set our hearts on fire.”
L Rae Brown

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson — Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everywhere man is confronted with fate, with the chance of achieving something through his own suffering. – Viktor E. Frankl — Everywhere man is confronted with fate, with the chance of achieving something through his own suffering. – Viktor E. Frankl

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day. - Sophocles — Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day. – Sophocles

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. - Sophocles — Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. – Sophocles

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. - Euripides — Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. – Euripides

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom. - Cat Cora — Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure – they can be turned into wisdom. – Cat Cora

Chances don't approach you, it's you who approach chances. - Toba Beta — Chances don’t approach you, it’s you who approach chances. – Toba Beta

Chance favors the prepared mind. - Louis Pasteur — Chance favors the prepared mind. – Louis Pasteur

Just keep taking chances and having fun. - Garth Brooks — Just keep taking chances and having fun. – Garth Brooks

When it comes to luck, you make your own. - Bruce Springsteen — When it comes to luck, you make your own. – Bruce Springsteen

If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. - Arsene Wenger — If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. – Arsene Wenger

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. – Mark Twain — Necessity is the mother of taking chances. – Mark Twain

Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today. ― Tim Fargo

A wise man turns chance into good fortune. - Thomas Fuller — A wise man turns chance into good fortune. – Thomas Fuller

Bad chances were better than no chances. - Stephen King — Bad chances were better than no chances. – Stephen King

Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism. - Eric Chaisson — Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism. – Eric Chaisson

Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life. - Wilferd Peterson — Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life. – Wilferd Peterson

In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took. - Frasier Crane — In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took. – Frasier Crane

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings. - Letitia Baldrige — Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings. – Letitia Baldrige

5 Captivating Proverbs on Taking Chances

He who takes no chances wins nothing. - Danish Proverb — He who takes no chances wins nothing. – Danish Proverb

You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. You have to strike while the iron is hot. - Spanish Proverb — You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. You have to strike while the iron is hot. – Spanish Proverb

He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time. - Nigerian Proverb — He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time. – Nigerian Proverb

May you always have courage to take a chance. - Irish Proverb — May you always have courage to take a chance. – Irish Proverb

A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch - both cannot be saved. - Indian Proverb — A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch – both cannot be saved. – Indian Proverb

Top 14 Most Inspiring Chance Quotes About Relationships (LOVE)

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou — Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou

I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstances and chance: life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life? – Brandon Boyd — I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstances and chance: life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life? – Brandon Boyd

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. – Plato — Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. – Plato

How can we expect people to change if we don't give them the chance to? ― Marissa Meyer — How can we expect people to change if we don’t give them the chance to? ― Marissa Meyer

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart. – Charles Dickens — Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart. – Charles Dickens

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – Alfred Lord

If you expect the worse, you're only denying someone a chance to be better. ― Sangu Mandanna — If you expect the worse, you’re only denying someone a chance to be better. ― Sangu Mandanna

The very essence of romance is uncertainty. – Oscar Wilde — The very essence of romance is uncertainty. – Oscar Wilde

Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you’re looking for. – Susane Colasanti

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love. – Rumi — Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love. – Rumi

The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk. – Lisa Kleypas — The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk. – Lisa Kleypas

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. – Sharon Salzberg — You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. – Sharon Salzberg

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. – Elizabeth Gilbert

What’s meant to be will always find a way. – Trisha Yearwood

5 Deep Quotes on Chance Pertaining to God and Religion

If life is an accident, it cannot conceivably have any purpose, for accident and purpose are mutually exclusive. - John Blanchard — If life is an accident, it cannot conceivably have any purpose, for accident and purpose are mutually exclusive. – John Blanchard

If anything in this world is the result of chance then God is not sovereign over all. - Wilson Benton — If anything in this world is the result of chance then God is not sovereign over all. – Wilson Benton

There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause. - Adam Clarke — There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause. – Adam Clarke

I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world. - Albert Einstein — I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world. – Albert Einstein

What are the chances that the universe was created by the power of chance? Not a chance. - R. C. Sproul — What are the chances that the universe was created by the power of chance? Not a chance. – R. C. Sproul

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