Not Missing Chances Quotes & Sayings

Herein lies the beauty of the flaw: that a shortcoming is a spiritual sign that says "Look! There is a perfect opportunity right here to grow and become better!" But instead of seeing those signs, people instead look and see something that is no longer worthy. Whether it be about themselves or about others. And so we have it that there are a great number of individuals who are missing out on great chances to improve themselves and to also believe in others. — C. JoyBell C.

A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to live, and the chances we miss, it's a psychological dazzler. Truly, one of my favorite books of this year-or any year. — Caroline Leavitt

No one was to blame for what happened, but that does not make it any less difficult to accept. It was all a matter of missed connections, bad timing, blundering in the dark. We were always in the right place at the wrong time, the wrong place at the right time, always just missing each other, always just a few inches from figuring the whole thing out. That's what the story boils down to, I think. A series of lost chances. All the pieces were there from the beginning, but no one knew how to put them together. — Paul Auster

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. — Franz Liszt

The chances are you've never seen the other side of me. You've seen the event side of me when I'm on stage. But there is another side of me. If you evoke that side, you won't like it. It's a nasty side. You don't want to see that side. You're not missing anything by not seeing it. — Prem Rawat

I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward. — Jamie Ford

There are many who live Life in Fear, without taking risks. They don't take Chances. Alas! Not only are they missing chances, they are missing Life itself! -RVM — R.v.m.

I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him. — Eric Clapton

the hugeness of the world was a pool to dive into, not somewhere to drown. — Ann Cleeves

No my friend, darkness is not everywhere, for here and there I find faces illuminated from within; paper lanterns among the dark trees. — Carole Borges

There are second chances in life. Never be scared to take them and always give them, because without them, you might be missing out on what was meant to be. — F.T. Zele

Each day life sends you chances to learn, grow and step into your best. Don't miss them. — Robin Sharma

Human Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity. — Gustave Flaubert

It is to such sufferings that we attach the pleasure of loving, of delighting in the most insignificant remarks of a woman, which we know to be insignificant, but which we perfume with her scent. — Marcel Proust

Contentment alone is enough Indeed, the bliss of eternity can be found in your contentment — Lao-Tzu

Through social media, missing persons are found; sick persons are given chances to live a healthy life. I say, that is the modern bayanihan movement. — Kcat Yarza

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits. — Mike Krzyzewski

It's Katherine, right?"
"Kate," she said.
"Frederick?"
"Freddie," he corrected. — Victoria Schwab

On the list of things that are the worst about life, missing chances will always be number one. — Kevin Emerson

I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things. — Aaron Paul

I've been kissed by men who did a very good job. But they don't give kissing their whole attention. They can't. No matter how hard they try parts of their minds are on something else. Missing the last bus - or their chances of making the gal - or their own techniques in kissing - or maybe worry about jobs, or money, or will husband or papa or the neighbors catch on. Mike doesn't have technique ... but when Mike kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe ... and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you. — Robert A. Heinlein

If you don't act now while it's fresh in your mind, it will probably join the list of things you were always going to do but never quite got around to. Chances are you'll also miss some opportunities. — Paul Clitheroe

Sometimes you feel like the only man in the city without group affiliation. — Jay McInerney

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing. — Bill Crawford

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. — C.S. Lewis

Language can be used to so many diverse ends. It can be used to clarify and, of course, it can be used to obfuscate, confuse, evade ... — Errol Morris