“I wanted to be involved in music and I felt I needed to get in quick. I didn't want to spend four years in college and then hope for the best. I gave myself a year, which is why I kept pushing people for a chance. I literally felt my whole life was in the balance. Music was my life, and I was scared of having time pass by and missing my chance.” PeopleWantYearsWholeWantedFeltChanceFourMissingCollegeNeededBalanceInvolvedScaredWhole LifePushingFour YearsHoping For The BestTime Passes Author:Guy Oseary
“How do you calculate upon the unforeseen? It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance amid surprises, of collaborating with chance, of recognizing that there are some essential mysteries in the world and thereby a limit to calculation, to plan, to control. To calculate on the unforeseen is perhaps exactly the paradoxical operation that life most requires of us.” WorldArtSeemsChanceRolesPlansMysteryBalanceLimitsEssentialsSurpriseOperationsRecognizingCalculationsParadoxicalCollaboratingUnforeseen Author:Rebecca Solnit
“When it comes to politics, we have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win a political race, but women don't want to run at the same rate as men do. People point to the work-family balance issue, but I think it's much more than that. Many women don't have children, or have children who are no longer at home. There are some deeper psychological and emotional issues in play, like the fact that many of us feel like the embarrassment, humiliation and personal demonization in politics are simply more than our hearts can take. What stops us is fear.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFeelsHeartChildrenPlayFactsHomeRunningPoliticalWinningChanceRaceIssuesEmotionalBalanceRateGlassesDeeperPsychologicalInternalsHumiliationEmbarrassmentCeilingsGlass CeilingWork Family Author:Marianne Williamson
“Every time I get a chance to be out in the ocean, it's like hitting a reset button for me where I just feel alive again, in perfect balance. Music can give me that, as well, but not as easily. The ocean is the way I know how to find it almost daily.” KnowsWayGivingFeelsWellsChancePerfectKnow HowAliveBalanceOceanGive MeHittingButtonsResetPerfect BalanceReset Button Author:Jack Johnson
“You always want to have good balance. Thats the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.” WorldWantGivingLooksRunningAbleWinningChanceTeamKeysBalanceBallsBowlsChampionshipSuper Bowl Author:John Elway
“Playing games with agreed upon rules helps children learn to live by rules, establish the delicate balance between competition andcooperation, between fair play and justice and exploitation and abuse of these for personal gain. It helps them learn to manage the warmth of winning and the hurt of losing; it helps them to believe that there will be another chance to win the next time.” BelieveChildrenPlayHelpingNextGamesWinningHurtJusticeChanceBalanceLosingGainsFairsAbuseCompetitionManageLive ByWarmthDelicateExploitationNext TimePlaying GamesAnother ChanceFair PlayPersonal Gain Book:School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project Source: School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project
“Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more candor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to - no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion.” ShouldReligionChanceBalancePoliticianInstitutionsDiscussionWheelsPreacherFairnessPartisansPulpitCandorPartisanship Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsBelieveHas BeensIdeasGovernmentHappensHouseI BelievePresidentCan DoChancePartyBalanceArgumentChecksDividedGood IdeasSenateSplitsConventionalConventional WisdomGridlockDivided Government Author:Scott Walker
“When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame on you," or "You should be ashamed of yourself," you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.” IfsShouldSeemsTodayUsedChanceGrewBalanceGrew UpToolsShameHearingChecksFactorsAshamedShame On You Author:Robert Redford
“For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have to play things that haven't been played before. It becomes a balance of knowing the tradition and using your own original voice to add to it.” KnowsPlayVoiceChanceKnowingStudyHavensBalanceTraditionOriginalsAddTake A ChanceSpontaneity Author:Dave Kikoski
“Nature is where I feel most comfortable; it's where I find my balance. I would like my kids and all future generations to have the chance to experience nature as I did.” FeelsKidsChanceGenerationsBalanceComfortableFuture Generation Author:Gisele Bundchen
“I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. I went into the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance, and made a success there. I had the chance to be governor of a state. Four years in a row, Democrats and Republicans came together to balance the budget. We cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget.” IfsWorldYearsMadeStatesTogetherChanceFourCuttingBalanceRepublicanTaxesDemocratBudgetsFour YearsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBalanced Budget Author:Mitt Romney
“Some of what we're learning suggests a balance between exposing children to new things, yet giving them a chance to repeatedly experience something they enjoy, which builds "chunks" of information in their brains.” GivingChildrenEnjoyChanceBrainInformationBalanceNew ThingsExposingChunks Author:Kevin Maney
“Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.” PeopleIfsMadeInterestHurtChancePayCompanyBalanceLimitsToughAccountsRateCreditCardsScoreClosingPaymentCredit CardInterest RateTimelyGood Chance Author:Suze Orman
“Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to allow annoyance to interfere with gratitude?” ChildrenMomentsGrowsChanceGrowing UpBalanceGratitudeInterfereSecond ChanceAnnoyance Author:Katrina Kenison