Quotes About Opportunity

There was not enough of the patient to go around, and specialists pushed forward in line with raw tempers and snapped at their colleagues in front to hurry up and give somebody else a chance.

You're wrong," answered the old man. "Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.

That was my first job after graduating (or being graduated from) high school.

the land of opportunity, where credentials mattered less than demonstrated ability.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto

once you understand that you do not have to accept them, choices open up for you.

Life plays no favorites.

Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. —from Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh Wake Up Your Body

Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.

Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem & turned it into an opportunity.

Whenever I have come up with something I can call a problem, it triggers a reaction in my mind that says, "Where's the opportunity?

A day does not define who you are, but rather - it decides who you will become.

I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.

She put me in front of some foundation that paid off my student loans...

Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause I'm gonna kill you but I'm not super-good w/schedules

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

From Mother you will inherit the belief that you can journey to your fate, there's a place to be located on a map that's destiny. If only you can get there. If it isn't too late. If no one stops you.

The dilemma is, in the United States, each penniless citizen believes that, with luck, he might become a millionaire; and so doesn't want to put restraints on robber barons-he might become one one day!

if you blunder by accident into a secret it's like you've pushed open a door where you thought was just a wall. You can look through, if you're brave or reckless enough you can even step inside-taking a chance what you'll learn is worth what it costs.

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The dilemma is, in the United States, each penniless citizen believes that, with luck, he might become a millionaire; and so doesn't want to put restraints on "robber barons"—he might become one, one day!

You make careful plans, and 'chance' seems to favor you. Things go your way that look to a neutral observer like luck. But it's luck you've engineered.

I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.

I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do -- and not worrying over what you can't do. A confident person is open to learning, because she knows that her confidence allows her to walk through life's doorways, eager to discover what waits on the other side. She knows that every new unknown is a chance to learn more about herself and unleash her abilities.