Top 75 Second Chance Quotes

My left foot is severely damaged from TSS, and I’m probably going to have to amputate my left leg. I could be super depressed about it, but I have been given a second chance. I’m here, and I’m living.

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career.

One of the things I believe in most strongly is the power of a second chance.

I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family.

I don’t know why I survived Iraq and I don’t know why I made it home, but I do know that this is my second chance at life and I can do whatever I want now.

If the U.N. gun-ban treaty is ever signed and ratified into law, we may never get a second chance to save the Second Amendment.

There’s no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

How do you say ‘thank you’ to a community who gave you a second chance? A lot of people don’t get a second chance.

In life, you always have a second chance.

When a writer gets a second chance to look back on something, it’s a great opportunity to say, ‘Hey, this is really good, but we can do it even better.’

If children who commit crimes are not given the opportunity of a second chance, they may die in prison for acts made before having developed the cognitive and emotional skills needed to make informed and smart decisions and choices.

Giving low-level offenders a second chance, no matter the color of their skin or the economic status they hold, can create opportunity for all of us.

There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us… and I will do my best.

It wasn’t until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I’m doing, which is inspire people to not give up.

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

‘Encore’ was an experiment. ‘Encore’ was the second chance at a first impression. ‘Encore’ was not completely planned.

America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor.

In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance.

In life, there’s second chances. But that doesn’t mean everyone gets a second chance with your team. That’s where your moral compass comes in.

I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games – a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character.

The people in the decision-making positions need to be thinking differently about who to hire, and looking more unsparingly at their choices. Why give this person a break over that person? Why give this person a second chance over that person? I do think that’s where gender comes into play.

I have a second chance on life.

Like everyone else in this world, I have had struggles. There’s disappointment and obstacles in everybody’s life. I feel like I was writing ‘Second Chance’ not just for myself, but also for the people who have struggled.

I don’t think everyone should get a second chance.

I know that I’m here because of the grace of God. But I also know that I’ve been given this second chance for a specific reason, and that is to bring love to the world again through the voice of my music, and I’m so honored to be able to do it. I’m so blessed that God has chosen me to do that.

It’s so different when you get a second chance to come back out and do your thing – you’re more humble, you appreciate it more, you know what not to do this second time around.

We will never, ever weaken our resolve to be tough on the worst offenders. But we will responsibly take steps to assist our friends and neighbors who deserve a second chance to contribute to our society.

Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium.

When God gives you a second chance, it’s not something you take for granted.

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game.

If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn’t work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don’t work, she gets branded as an ‘iron leg.’ The whole thing gets negative.

To me, morality and family is more important than anything else in life. You don’t get a second chance at it. Vanity, ego and all that is not something I get to take to the grave.

What are we going to do to make sure people get the skills they need if they are incarcerated so that when they are released to hit the ground running? And what are we all going to do to give people who’ve earned a second chance, a second chance?

When you shoot for a film, mistakes become very easy to manage. If you fumble, a retake can mend it all. You always have another chance , whereas when you work on the stage, you have to be extremely careful. There is no second chance as such.

It is not about the money. It’s the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.

There’s nothing as exciting as a comeback – seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

I’ve been with my husband for seven years. With my husband and my son, I get my second chance in life to be loved and be happy.

I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.

The consequences for failure are very different if you’re a woman or a person of color than they are if you’re a guy. If you’re a guy who makes a mistake, you get a second chance. Often, for those of us who are outsiders, we make a mistake, and that’s the end of the conversation.

I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said ‘if you ever get a second chance for something, you’ve got to go all the way.’

There are times when you should never give a cheater a second chance, but there also are exceptions.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That’s basically all I ask.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.

Everyone deserves a second chance. That’s just the way I am.

In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it’s so final; there’s no second chance if you make a mistake.

I was delighted to be called back into the Brazil squad. I think it was one of the most exciting moments of my life, just because of everything I had been through and it feeling like I had been given a second chance.

Across the nation, there are thousands of individuals serving life or life-equivalent sentences for crimes they committed as children. This means they will likely die in prison without a chance to prove to society they are worthy of a second chance.

I’m going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I’ve learned in my second chance of life and pass it on to people in their first chance of life.

I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it’s the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.

I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That’s what I’m trying to tell kids.

This is a land of immigrants, and most come here for opportunity, a second chance.

My heart stopped seven times and I had to be resuscitated seven times. It’s incredible I’m still here so every day I feel happy to have a second chance but I’m sorry to say I didn’t see any tunnel or any light at the end of it.