Quotes About Opportunity

Few people can claim they are born into the right period of history. Most of us have to make do with the times we find ourselves in.

But maybe all it needs is a moment to change the course of history.

She used the interview as an opportunity to be generous and supportive, while he focused on doing what he perceived to be his job.

This matters because top leadership roles tend to be more about potential for the next level of responsibility than management of the current level of responsibility,

Play the tennis that is in front of you, not the tennis you played yesterday or the tennis you hope to play tomorrow.

If opportunity knocks, throw open the door and drag it in.

Disappointment is sometimes a blessing in disguise.

Once you see the glimmer of an opening, shove your foot into the crack.

luck, aesthetic luck included, is just the ability to exploit accidents.

Let me pass this way but once and do what good I can, I shall not pass this way again.

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion just waiting to happen.

There is also the basic inequality of being born either with a natural talent or without one. Clever or stupid. No matter how much you try to argue against it, Dora, we are not born equal. All we can ever strive for is the equality of opportunity for those who have the ability to make the most of it.

You can't have it both ways, Jess. There's are sure thing and then there's happiness--- but you gotta take the risk.

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.

So little of what could happen does happen.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

There's nothing wrong with your judgment. Sometimes people let you down, that's all. And it sucks, big time. But there's a lot of other people out there. You put it behind you and go find somebody else.

Quien no siente el deseo de volver a vivir la vida es porque la ha desperdiciado.

Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck, people call it.

To this day, when I hear people judge students on the basis of their test scores, I think of my sleep-deprived African-American classmates as we geared up to take English or math tests together. We may have been equal before God, but I had three more hours of sleep, vastly more time to prepare, and many more resources at my disposal than those who were part of the busing program.

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The interview is never just a formality. It can absolutely make or break your chances of acceptance.