“The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.” PeopleLongMightMotivationalRunningNextOpportunityRealizingChanceDealsPayBreakFailingFiguresWasteBe GoodRejectionLong RunsNext TimeBounce Author:Seth Godin
“According to The New York Times, the mob has now gotten into Medicare fraud. But the good news is, when they do break your legs there's a good chance you're covered.” ChanceBreakNew YorkNewsLegsCoveredFraudGood NewsNew York TimesMedicareGood Chance Author:Jay Leno
“I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances. As a bookseller, there are less real bookstores and more people buying on-line. As a writer, I think there are fewer paths to break through on a big press, but on the other hand there are more small presses doing awesome work now. Overall, artistically, I think it's a pretty exciting time in the literary world.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsRealHandsBigsLinesChanceBreakPathChangedBiggerExcitingPressesBuyingFewerBookstoresFormatBreak ThroughBooksellers Author:Kevin Sampsell
“I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.” ThinkingMenOpportunityChanceAbilityBreakAdvantageLuck Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“I know that my race must change. We cannot hold our own with the white men as we are. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also.” IfsKnowsMenLawAsksChanceWhiteRaceBreakIndianWhite Man Author:Chief Joseph
“Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.” YearsHumansTwoWantedCertainFeltChanceHuman BeingsBreakSubjectsMinesDecidedWake UpEntertainmentAfternoonBunnies Author:Raven-Symone
“A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a chance we'd work together again, but I can't see us touring. I just see us making records.” I CanTogetherChanceInterestingMusicBreakRecordsMusic IsWorking TogetherTouringBack TogetherTogether Again Author:John Lennon
“We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.” IfsGivingChanceBreakChampionshipNba Championships Author:David Blatt
“For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.” FeelsI CanMomentsChallengesChanceBreakRecordsTypeGoes OnEndeavorTrailsChallenging Myself Author:Scott Jurek
“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant--children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries--as everyone imagined.” TryingChildrenDoeTwoOpportunityChanceMistakeBreakTaughtCivilizationNewsMannersPermanentInstantRaising ChildrenTry AgainPotty Author:Mary Blakely
“Organization is simply the means by which the acts of ordinary men can be made to add up to extraordinary results. To this idea of progress that does not wait on some lucky break, some chance discovery, or some rare stroke of genius, but instead is achieved through systematic, cumulative effort, the engineer has contributed brilliantly.” MenMeanDoeMadeIdeasWaitingChanceResultsEffortBreakProgressGeniusLuckyOrdinaryDiscoveryOrganizationLuckAddExtraordinaryEngineersStrokesBrillianceSystematicOrdinary ManCumulativeLucky Breaks Author:William Wickenden
“Nutrition can make or break you on race day. It's not something you leave to chance. If you don't plan for it you're almost guaranteed to bonk.” IfsChanceRaceBreakPlansNutritionMake Or BreakRace Day Author:Sean Price
“The only rule Muslims know is to win. It does not matter how. All rules can be broken as long as they win the war. They can lie, they can deceive, they can break their treaties as Muhammad did, they can ambush or use terror, assassinate, massacre the children and bomb civilians. Muslims can even kill each other as long as this improves their chance of winning.” KnowsChildrenLongDoeWarMatterUseLyingWinningChanceBreakBrokenTerrorBombsDeceivingCiviliansMuhammadTreatiesMassacresAmbush Author:Ali Sina
“In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people together for a sole purpose. It was because of these lynchings that armed self-resistance was created. If white people knew black people were capable of fighting back then there was less of a chance that violence actually would break out.” PeopleIfsSelfTogetherPurposeFightingBlackChanceWhiteOpinionBreakViolenceCrimeCapableResistanceBlack PeopleSoleAmerican HistoryBreak OutLynchingFighting BackHeinous Crimes Author:Assata Shakur
“Of course, spending time with family is always good. I love the outdoors, so if I get a chance to go out and hike or bike around, that's always great. If I don't have time to leave, just listening to some music that I love reenergizes me and gives me that break I need to go back to whatever it is I'm doing.” IfsNeedsGivingCoursesChanceBreakListeningGive MeSpendingBikeJust ListenSpending TimeTime To Leave Author:Anousheh Ansari
“In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance.” VoiceChanceBreakWeightIceReserves Author:Francis Bacon
“All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!” WayGivingCultureChanceOpinionBreakStupidityStuckBest WayFarmsBellsAbsurdityCastlesJarsOther CulturesAquariumsBell JarInsufficiencyOthers Opinions Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan