“O, that a man might know the end of this day's business ere it come!”
William Shakespeare
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Chance Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · CHANCE
Chance Quotes
Read 200 of the best chance quotes about luck, fortune, fate, opportunity and second chances, from Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Louis Pasteur and more.
“The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.”
Miguel de Cervantes
PreparationSuccess
“Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.”
Miguel de Cervantes
HopeSecond Chances
“Delay always breeds danger.”
Miguel de Cervantes
ActionTiming
“'Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
ResponsibilityFate
“Most men gamble with her, and gain all, and lose all, as her wheel rolls.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
GamblingFortune
“Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
ChangeLife
“God gives all things to industry.”
Benjamin Franklin
Hard WorkLuck
“There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.”
Friedrich Schiller
DestinyFate
“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”
Voltaire
ChanceReason
“Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.”
Blaise Pascal
HistorySmall Things
“But time and chance happeneth to them all.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
ChanceLife
“The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.”
The Bible (Proverbs 16:33)
FateFaith
“And her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz.”
The Bible (Ruth 2:3)
DestinyLuck
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
The Bible (2 Corinthians 6:2)
OpportunityNow
“And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
The Bible (Esther 4:14)
PurposeDestiny
“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men.”
The Bible (Galatians 6:10)
OpportunityKindness
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
The Bible (Ephesians 5:16)
TimeOpportunity
“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:2)
RiskWisdom
“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
The Bible (Proverbs 27:1)
UncertaintyHumility
“Misery! - happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! - misery lurks beneath it!”
Lao Tzu
FortuneBalance
“A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.”
Aesop
WisdomContentment
“Accident does very little towards the production of any great result in life.”
Samuel Smiles
Hard WorkSuccess
“It is not accident, then, that helps a man in the world so much as purpose and persistent industry.”
Samuel Smiles
PurposePersistence
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
Benjamin Disraeli
PreparationOpportunity