Chances Quote by Ellen Hopkins

“A promise is an assurance. An assurance builds on optimism. Optimism is a disposition to hopefulness and firm confidence.”

— S. A. David

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.

— Hannah Arendt

“The more predictable you are, the better you will be at estimating how long something will take and the more promises you can make…

— David B. Copeland

“Making specific forecasts in uncertain situations was, is, and will always be problematic and often misleading. This lesson stands today. The bigger the potentially…

— Bryan Norcross

The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.

— Nate Silver

“Think of your promise-keeping tendency as the storage tank for your rocket fuel—your sense of confidence. When you keep your commitments, you maintain your…

— Tim Sanders

“Hope is not guaranteed, keep it at your own risk.”

— Kelvin Trambadiya

“Promise has 50% chance of happening. At least always make 2 promises at once.”

— Toba Beta

''promises are easy to make but easier to break

— Anonymous

“Predictions often give us an illusion of control in situations that are inherently out of our control. Nothing exemplifies this better than our relationship…

— Heidi Cullen

We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“In life we have to size up the chances and calculate the possible risks and our ability to deal with them and then make…

— Freya North