#odds

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. ↗

— David Viscott

#any #consequence #effort #enthusiasm #face

I do believe that we have the opportunity to continue - I repeat myself over and over again with this - to redefine and reinvent ourselves and as long as we do that, then I think we've got some pretty good odds in our favor, because we're not always presenting the same thing. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#always #because #believe #continue #favor

When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#against #choose #going #odds #you

In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#always #believed #brother #career #face

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself. ↗

— Kate Millett

#ethics #involuntary #itself #medicine #odds

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#fortitude #higher #i #know #odds

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax. ↗

— Tom Osborne

#always #history #matter #odds #overcome

And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freud's view of man. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#almost #another #because #countenance #elements

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#democratic party #farther #found #i #increasingly

We could return from sand if we had to--form into a beautiful mosaic of glass that told our story in colors. ↗

— Addison Moore

#love #beauty