“Independence of mind or strength of character is rarely found among those who cannot be confident that they will make their way by their own effort.... Indeed, when security is understood in too absolute a sense, the general striving for it, far from increasing the chances of freedom, becomes the greatest threat to it.” WayMindCharacterFoundChanceEffortSecurityUnderstoodAbsolutesIndependenceThreatStriveStrength Of CharacterBe Confident Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“It is so rare as an actor to be allowed the chance to revisit a role and to go back to a character that you already built, and lived inside, and understood. To take it further to another stage is a huge privilege.” CharacterActorsChanceRolesStageHugeUnderstoodBuiltPrivilege Author:Tom Hiddleston
“An earthly immortality belongs to a great and good character. History embalms it; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority, in its example, in the memory of the words and deeds in which it was manifested; and as every age adds to the illustrations of its efficacy, it may chance to be the best understood by a remote posterity.” MayCharacterAgeMemoriesChanceMoralInfluenceExampleFameAuthorityUnderstoodAddDeedsImmortalityBeing The BestPosterityIllustrationGood CharacterEfficacy Book:Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions
“Although the sovereignty of God is universal and absolute, it is not the sovereignty of blind power. It is coupled with infinite wisdom, holiness and love. And this doctrine, when properly understood, is a most comforting and reassuring one. Who would not prefer to have his affairs in the hands of a God of infinite power, wisdom, holiness and love, rather than to have them left to fate, or chance, or irrevocable natural law, or to short-sighted and perverted self? Those who reject God's sovereignty should consider what alternatives they have left.” LoveShouldSelfGodWisdomHandsChristianLawFaithBeliefLeftNaturalReligiousChanceLordPowerFateUnderstoodAnd LoveUniversalAbsolutesInfiniteBlindAffairChristian InspirationalDoctrineAlternativesRejectionHolinessRejectsTrust In GodConsideringSovereigntyTheologianComfortingCommitment To GodNatural LawReassuringMighty GodGod Is In ControlIrrevocableShort SightedSovereignty Of GodInfinite Power Book:The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition] Source: The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition]
“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day.” PeopleWorldNeedsWellsArtRealityWantedChanceMy OwnJourneyMaterialsUnderstoodOkayCreatorPossessionNew BeginningsClose FriendsUnderstand MeMy JourneyMaterial PossessionsMy Own WorldOpen Road Author:Charlotte Erickson
“People would be a lot more skeptical if they understood that there is an incredible amount of chance in the results that you observe for active managers. So the distribution of outcomes is enormously wide - but that's exactly what you'd expect by chance with lots of active managers who hold imperfectly diversified portfolios. The really good portfolios contain a lot of really lucky picks, and the really bad portfolios contain a lot of really unlucky picks as well as some really bad ones.” PeopleIfsWellsWould BeChanceResultsAmountLuckyPicksUnderstoodIncrediblesInvestingActiveWideManagersOutcomesDistributionSkepticalUnluckyPortfolios Author:Eugene Fama
“Theory said one thing and the experiment said something different, so that was the stimulus that started me going, that there was something there to be explained, which wasn't understood and to try to see why that experiment gave the answer it did, so it was a big opportunity for a young student starting to have actually an experiment which contradicted the theory, so that's was my chance to understand that.” TryingSaidDifferentBigsYoungOpportunityChanceAnswersOne ThingStudentsTheoryUnderstoodStartingExperimentsStimulusYoung Students Author:Freeman Dyson
“The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understood that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.” IfsWould BeUsedGivenChanceUnderstoodAreasCaughtFishesFishingTabooFishermanGiven A ChancePolynesians Author:Paul Watson