Chance Quotes 'Whom are you?' he asked, for he had attended business college.     George Ade Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.     Franklin D. Roosevelt Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.     Ralph Waldo Emerson Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.     Juvenal It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.     Jean Nidetch Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.     Ovid In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.     Louis Pasteur The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.     Thucydides Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.     William Jennings Bryan Previous Subject - Business | Next Subject - Change