"If at first you do succeed don't take any more chances."
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"The chance of a criminal getting caught, is only slightly better than getting hit by lightning."
"Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without."
"I always loved to cook and entertain but I realized I had the chance to be successful with something that I am passionate about."
"For the Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work."
"Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter."
"That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries."
"When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head."
"Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner, there ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation."
"They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it."
"I love taking chances."
"If you can figure out how you're feeling, then maybe you have a chance of getting over it."
"Wisdom comes to no one by chance."
"Chance makes a plaything of a man's life."
"When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet."
"A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy."
"Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier"
"Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers."
"All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance."
"Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable."