Chance Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupation of men engaged in rash undertakings.”

— Cormac McCarthy

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

— Samuel Smiles

Any group or "collective," large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of…

— Ayn Rand

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

— Albert Einstein

Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when…

— Matthieu Ricard

It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions.

— Albert Einstein

But as the old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as some now…

— Gregory of Nazianzus

Private enterprise manages better all that to which it is equal. Anarchism declares that private enterprise, whether individual or cooperative, is equal to all…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.

— Dale Carnegie

Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving…

— George Will

All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures…

— Swami Vivekananda