“If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.”
Confucius
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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 Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon turns Ashes - or it prospers.”
Omar Khayyam
FortuneHope
“One thing is certain, and the rest is Lies; the Flower that once has blown for ever dies.”
Omar Khayyam
ImpermanenceLife
“Not a moment should escape, for they who allow the right moment to pass, suffer pain.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
TimingMindfulness
“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found.”
The Bible (Isaiah 55:6)
OpportunityFaith
“The night cometh, when no man can work.”
The Bible (John 9:4)
TimeAction
“Thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
The Bible (Luke 19:44)
Missed ChancesAwareness
“To every purpose there is time and judgment.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 8:6)
TimingWisdom
“Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.”
The Bible (Acts 24:25)
ProcrastinationMissed Chances
“To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”
The Bible (Hebrews 3:15)
TodayOpportunity
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
The Bible (Jeremiah 8:20)
Missed ChancesRegret
“Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty.”
The Bible (Proverbs 20:13)
DiligenceOpportunity
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come.”
The Bible (Proverbs 6:10-11)
LazinessConsequences
“If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
The Bible (James 4:15)
PlansHumility
“In your patience possess ye your souls.”
The Bible (Luke 21:19)
PatienceEndurance
“Now it is high time to awake out of sleep.”
The Bible (Romans 13:11)
ActionAwakening
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 10:8)
KarmaConsequences
“He that waits for dead men's shoes may go long enough barefoot.”
Thomas Fuller
WaitingAction
“Take time by the forelock.”
Thomas Fuller
OpportunityAction
“Make hay while the sun shines.”
John Heywood
OpportunityTiming
“When the iron is hot, strike.”
John Heywood
OpportunityAction
“Nought venture, nought have.”
John Heywood
RiskCourage
“Rome was not built in one day.”
John Heywood
PatiencePersistence
“To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change.”
Thomas Carlyle
ChangeToday
“Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.”
Kahlil Gibran
TimeHope