{"quotes":[{"text":"You think you're paying your dollar for a chance at the $6.2 million jackpot on Saturday, but really you're paying for the pleasure of the car ride home, deciding which credit card to pay off first and where your kid will suddenly be able to go to college.","author":"Kelly Braffet","tags":["chance-and-fortune","hope"],"id":20918,"author_id":"Kelly+Braffet"},{"text":"Correlation is not cause, it is just a 'music of chance'.","author":"Siri Hustvedt","tags":["chance-and-fortune","fate"],"id":47071,"author_id":"Siri+Hustvedt"},{"text":"If I had not try and taken chances, I would have miss many great opportunities in life.","author":"Lailah GiftyAkita","tags":["chance-and-fortune","chances","opportunities","opportunity-life","taking-chances"],"id":116166,"author_id":"Lailah+GiftyAkita"},{"text":"To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing... We share really almost everything. (Avis DeVoto to Julia Child).","author":"Joan Reardon","tags":["chance-and-fortune","destiny","fate","friendship"],"id":159870,"author_id":"Joan+Reardon"},{"text":"If I had not try and taken chances, I would have miss many opportunities in life.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["chance-and-fortune","opportunities","taking-chances"],"id":185868,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"If we seek for the best times to act, we may miss some opportunities. We must seize the moment and make it great.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["best-life","chance-and-fortune","chance-of-your-life","christian-living","christmas","greatness","inspirational","live-your-dream","moments","motivational","opportunity","possibilities","pursue","pursue-your-dreams","seize-the-moment","seizing-the-time","time","time-passing","time-travel","time-travel-romance"],"id":264866,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I am blessed.I am beautiful.I am great.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["beautiful","beautiful creatures","beautiful imagery","beautiful life","beautiful people","beautiful","beautiful-writing","believe-and-achieve","blessed","blessing-of-the-lord","blessing-of-wealth","blessings","blessings-in-disguise","chance","chance-and-fortune","chance-of-your-life","chance-traveler","faith","faith-in-god","faith-in-yourself","faith","faith-strength","favour","favour","future","future-plans","go-out","great","great-expectations","greater-glory","greatness","imagination","imagination","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmation","life-ahead","risk-it","risking-it-all","risks","step-out","stepping-out","take-chances"],"id":332157,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","chance","chance-and-fortune","chance","competing","competing-with-others","competition","competition-and-attitude","competition-is-not-real-love","competition","competition-with-others","destined","destiny","destiny-chance","destiny","dictatorship","lies-politics","love-of-power","lust-for-power","macchiavelli","machiavellian","misuse-of-power","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","power","power-addiction","predestination","predestination","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom"],"id":334315,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"The gift of life, gives you the greatest opportunity to live and chance to rise above any situation. With hopeful attitude you can overcome any struggle.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity","attitude-toward-life","challenges","chance-and-fortune","chance-of-your-life","chance-traveler","circumstances","circumstances-and-attitude","courage","courage-to-be-oneself","decision","determined-person","determined-spirit","difficult-decisions","difficult-times","difficulties-of-life","fears","grateful","grateful-soul","hard-times","healing-the-past","healthy-living","hope-and-despair","hope-and-encourage","hope-and-healing","hope","hopeful-and-encouraging","hopeful-heart","hopeful","hopefulness","life-and-living","life-experience","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life","obstacles","overcome","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-fears","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming-pain","pain","perseverance","rising-above","rising-above-your-past","rising-again","situational","storms","storms-of-life","struggle-for-life","struggle-not-giving-up","struggle-of-existence-graduate","struggle-of-life","struggle-strength-character","struggles-in-relationships","struggles","struggling","struggling-artist","struggling-writer","survival-story","surviving","times-of-change","well-being","wellness","worry-motivational","worry"],"id":442208,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Every body should be given the chance and the necessary support to unearth their full potential.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["chance","chance-and-fortune","potential","potential-for-greatness","potentiality","supporting-others","supportive-actions","supportive","unearth"],"id":447562,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}