“History teaches us that the past is full of luck and chance and circumstance, without any one of which, life could have been radically different.” Has BeensDifferentPastChanceTeachCircumstancesLuckCould Have Been Author:Arthur Goldberg
“It interests me tremendously to make copies... I started it by chance and I find it teaches me things.” InterestChanceEducationTeachCopies Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I think all of our experience with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless it is clear to him that if diplomacy does not work, that the threatened reality of force is there.” IfsThinkingLittlesDoeRealityForcePresidentChanceTeachClearThreatenedSaddamDiplomacyHussein Author:Tony Blair
“Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option” WayGivingCharacterHappensFightingChanceAttitudeSituationTeachClearGiving UpToughEverydayFighterMmaRealisingAbout YourselfEveryday LifeTransfersToughnessGiving Up Is Not An OptionConciseMental ToughnessMentally Tough Author:Daniel Hudson
“As in the game of billiards, the balls are constantly producing effects from mere chance, which the most skillful player could neither execute nor foresee, but which, when they do happen, serve mainly to teach him how much he has still to learn; so it is in the most profound and complicated game of politics and diplomacy. In both cases, we can only regulate our play by what we have seen, rather than by what we have hoped; and by what we have experienced, rather than by what we have expected.” StillsPlayHappensGamesChanceTeachCasesPlayerEffectsBallsMereProfoundComplicatedExpectedDiplomacySkillfulHaving HopeBilliards Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants Are few, and without opulence supplied;) This noble end is, to produce the soul; To show the virtues in their fairest light; To make humanity the minister Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast The generous luxury the gods enjoy.” WantSoulEndsUseShowsLightCareHumanityEnjoyChanceTeachVirtueProduceFoolLuckyGuiltRichesNobleLuxuryMinistersGenerousBreastsSunshineProvidenceNeglectedShieldsKnavesBasenessOpulence Author:John Armstrong
“Education! Is it education to teach the young that their chances of happiness depend on being richer than their neighbors? Yet that is what it all tends to. Get on! - be successful!” YoungChanceEducationTeachSuccessfulDependsNeighborBeing Successful Book:A Romance of Two Worlds Source: A Romance of Two Worlds
“When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.” ThinkingTryingI CanSelfChanceTeachHumbleFormalCurriculumDisclosureAhead Of TimeSelf DeprecatingSelf Deprecating Humor Author:John Ortberg
“When I teach seminars, I tell people, Your stuff has to look like something thats out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.” PeopleLooksStuffChanceTeachTake A ChanceLike SomethingSeminars Author:Christopher Moore
“The past situation has just occurred and the future situation has not yet manifested itself so there is a gap between the two. This is basically the bardo (life between life) experience. [This is the place where your life is reviewed - where you get another chance to let life teach you and end the cycle of pain. -EM]” TwoEndsPainPastLife IsChanceSituationTeachKarmaEmsCyclesGapsLife ExperienceAnother ChanceLife Teaches Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to know Shakespeare and got a chance to play great parts in Shakespeare, because it really teaches you - or taught me, anyway - everything.” ThinkingKnowsPlayBigsSchoolChanceTeachTaughtDramaGladMy Time Author:Andre Holland