Think & Achieve by Elijah Chai - HTML preview

CHANCE

Quotes

1

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the results of accidents.

— Bertrand Russell

2

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

— George Savile

3

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

— Henry Glasgow

4

God does not play dice with the universe.

— Albert Einstein

5

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?

— Jean Cocteau

6

Today even our clocks are not made of clockwork — so why should our world be? With the advent of quantum mechanics, the clockwork world has become a cosmic lottery. Fundamental events, such as the decay of a radioactive atom, are held to be determined by chance, not law.

— Ian Stewart

Saying

The cards you hold in the game of life mean very little — it’s the way you play them that counts.

Joke

The problem with chance is that while you’re outside looking for a horseshoe or rabbit’s foot, you may miss opportunity knocking.