Trevor Brooking Quotes

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know.

But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been.

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

A lot of people don't get second chances.

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

We don’t get to replay history.

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

If you do not take advantage of your chances, you can pay for it.

There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?

You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.

That was the one thing she knew now. Some chances came and went, and if you missed them, you could spend the rest of your life standing alone, waiting for an opportunity that had already passed you by.

One thing I'm afraid of is not taking advantage of opportunities. I feel like these are kind of gifts.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

You only get one shot at a second chance.

It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may come again. But the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

For every woman who's ever wondered about the path not taken, Fenton and Steinke mine—with tremendous humor and insight—the mixed blessing of unexpected second chances.