Beverly Sills Quotes

We will not know unless we begin.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen.

Leap, and the net will appear.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

You cannot take all the chances you get.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

It's about being open to what comes your way. I came to New York and saw 'Spelling Bee.' I said to myself, 'That's the greatest show ever, and I can't believe I'm not a part of it.' I felt the only way I'm going to get to be a part of something that good is to live in New York. So I moved to New York and ended up in 'Spelling Bee.'

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can't guarantee it just by following someone else's formula.

Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets!

But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment.

Time to toss the dice

The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side

It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to roll the dice) - Matrim Cauthon

My feeling is, if a dog is that hard up to break free, let it go. It's like a boyfriend who wants to break up. We all know the old adage "If you set someone free, and he never comes back, then he was never yours." I understand the main fear with setting dogs loose is they could get hit by a car, but so could an ex boyfriend. That's just a chance you have to take.

Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you could've got it.

Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it's way.

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

I don't return fruit. Fruit's a gamble. I know that going in.

If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei