This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

Feel free to suggest additions!


“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Monday, January 5, 2009

Second Chance Quotes

1. Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Bard

2. This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were offered me. - Burtrand Russell

3. Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. - Mary Tyler Moore

4. Swallow your pride occasionally. It’s not fattening. - Frank Tyger

6. The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. - H. G. Wells

7. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

8. There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen

9. Chance favors only those who court her. - Charles Nicolle

10. Sometimes goodbye is a second chance. - Shinedown

11. Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. - Ovid

12. If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down. - Mary Pickford

13. What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. - Wendell Phillips

14. Every moment of your life is a second chance. - Rick Price

15. I don’t buy the idea of a second chance. With hope we make a lot of chances. - Toba Beta

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