#chances

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck. ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#effort #taking-chances #courage

Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly? ↗

— Hugh Prather

#chances #change #discontent #freedom #change

People aren’t always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You can’t just meet someone and expect them to be everything you’re looking for and then be angry when they’re not every hope and aspiration you projected onto them. It’s foolish to believe that someone will be what you imagine them to be. And sometimes, when you give them a chance, they turn out to be better than you imagined. Different, but better. ↗

— Chloe Rattray

#realization #second-chances #friendship

In order to fly you have to create space in the open air so that your wings can really spread out. It’s like a parachute. They only work from a high altitude. To fly you have to begin taking risks. If you don’t want to, maybe the best thing is just to give up, and keep walking forever. ↗

— Jorge Bucay

#inspirational #moving-on #taking-chances #taking-risks #inspirational

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#second-chances #life

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

#missing #past #present #wanting #life

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#regrets #life

But it takes so little to help people, and people really do help each other, even people with very little themselves. And it’s not just about second chances. Most people deserve an endless number of chances. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#second-chances #life

Life is made up of chances to make choices, decisions of what you wish to do; the accumulated result of those choices is what you call your life. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#chances #choices #decisions #life #results

Chances are like criticism; few like to take it, some love to give it, yet most never see it. ↗

— Carl Henegan

#criticism #love