Second Chance Quotes - Page 11

• Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.

  Artur Davis

  Land, America, Want

  Speech At 2012 Republican Convention, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.

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• We all fantasize about a relationship we'd like to do over or something we'd like to change about our past. I think there are a lot more opportunities for second chances in our lives than we think.

  Jean Smart

  Opportunity, Thinking, Past

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We have this one life to offer; there is no second chance.

  Jen Hatmaker

  Chance, No Second Chances, Offers

  Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.66, B&H Publishing Group

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• To give up too easily leads to regret, yet trying and then failing can lead us to second chances if we do not accept it as a failure, but a chance to learn.

  Karen White

  Giving Up, Regret, Trying

  Karen White (2007). “Learning to Breathe”, p.245, Penguin

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• Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

  Julian Baggini

  Atheist, Redemption, Way

  "Yes, life without God can be bleak. Atheism is about facing up to that". www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2012.

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• But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

  Thomas Haden Church

  Ifs, Right Thing

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• I truly believe that I have been given a second chance at life. I never expected the results I have had.

  Tim Ward

  Believe, Results, Given

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• Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

  Leigh Hunt

  Hands, Treasure, Booksellers

  Leigh Hunt (1873). “Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs”, p.58

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• I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

  Charles Rangel

  Citizens, Rehabilitation, Helping

  "Advancing the Dream Through Education" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2013.

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• If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!

  Eda LeShan

  Meaningful, Grandparent, Firsts

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• Sometimes in life, there are no second chances

  L.Joe

  Sometimes, Chance, Sometimes In Life

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• The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be about recycling things to give them a second life. We should also be gathering up people and giving them a second chance.

  Van Jones

  People, Giving, Community

  "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems". Book by Van Jones, 2008.

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• We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

  Christine Quinn

  Thinking, People, Perfect

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• I don't want anyone to ever put himself or herself in a box of, "I lost my second chance!" Because life brings you ebbs and flows, and if you miss out on this second chance, guess what, you're going to get another one if you decide that you're ready to have one.

  Bob Harper

  Ebb And Flow, Missing, Want

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Believe, Needs, Mercy

  "Michael Eric Dyson and 'Is Bill Cosby Right?'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. May 11, 2005.

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• All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

  Sam Houston

  Men, Texas, Class

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• By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

  Confucius

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

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• I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.

  Hayden Christensen

  Giving, Chance, Lied

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

  Ben Hecht

  Time, Business, Reading

  Ben Hecht (1954). “A child of the century”, Signet

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• I believe in second chances, but I don't believe in third or fourth chances.

  Selena Gomez

  Believe, Thirds, Fourth

  Interview With Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 3, 2011.

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• The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.

  Jackie Gleason

  Funny, Inspiring, Food

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• I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

  Annette Funicello

  Boyfriend, Father, Walt

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• When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.

  Annette Funicello

  Health, Single Relationship, Young

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• When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Girl, Witty

  "News Chronicle" (March 14, 1949), as cited by "The Columbia World of Quotations", 1996.

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• Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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