You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.

Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it.

You don't have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to be a gracious individual and understand that everybody messes up and that most are looking for a second chance.

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

We've gotta become the Martians. I'm a Martian - I tell you to become Martians. And we've gotta go to Mars and civilize Mars and build a whole civilization on Mars and then move out, 300 years from now into the universe. And when we do that, we have a chance of living forever.

Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.

Those revolutionaries who have, by chance, escaped the gallows should live and show to the world that they cannot only embrace gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of tortures in the dark, dingy prison cells.

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

Not to get too deep on shaving my mustache, but it was kind of symbolic of, 'This is a moment of liberation, a chance to reinvent yourself.' That's kind of what I did.

I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.

The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do other things on a more personal level.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

The only way to break out is to gamble - take a chance with that first pick if you wanna dramatically improve your team.

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter.

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.

While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country... and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President... like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. How would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight?

I'm quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and get to know them better.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.

My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.

If the sun comes up, I have a chance.

Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

I think that presidents deserve to be questioned. Maybe irreverently, most of the time. Bring 'em down a size. You see a president, ask a question. You have one chance in the barrel. Don't blow it.

I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That's what I'm trying to tell kids.

It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.

I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.