“Chance gives a smile to the one who is ready to take it”

“I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but every one also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on. ”

“It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.”

“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

“Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.”

“If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.”