Quotes About Opportunity

What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.

The work will come again, but childhood won't.

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life…. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone's task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.

It was not the luck of being at the right moment in history that separated Bill Gates, but his proactive response to being at the right moment

We react to urgent matters. Important matters that are not urgent require more initiative, more proactivity. We must act to seize opportunity, to make things happen. If we don't practice Habit 2, if we don't have a clear idea of what is important, of the results we desire in our lives, we are easily diverted into responding to the urgent.

effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively. They have genuine Quadrant I crises and emergencies that require their immediate attention, but the number is comparatively small.

the very problem created the opportunity to build a deep relationship that empowered us to work together as a strong complementary team.

As an interdependent person, I have the opportunity to share myself deeply, meaningfully, with others, and I have access to the vast resources and potential of other human beings. Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make. Dependent people cannot choose to become interdependent. They don't have the character to do it; they don't own enough of themselves.

If you wait to be acted upon, you will be acted upon. And growth and opportunity consequences attend either road.

effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded.

Many people experience a similar fundamental shift in thinking when they face

They are graded in relation to other people. And grades are carriers of social value; they open doors of opportunity or they close them. Competition, not cooperation, lies at the core of the educational process. Cooperation, in fact, is usually associated with cheating.

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively.

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded.

serendipitous fruit

It was not the luck of being at the right moment in history that separated Bill Gates, but his proactive response to being at the right moment (Habit 1: Be Proactive).

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively. They have genuine Quadrant I crises and emergencies that require their immediate attention, but the number is comparatively small. They keep P and PC in balance by focusing on the important, but not urgent, high leverage capacity-building activities of Quadrant II.

effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively. They

Change starts when people realize they have choices—when they can say or do or explore what they hadn't thought about exploring before. Change begins when they can see alternatives that they'd never thought about before.

No sigas esperando, el momento correcto nunca llega. Comienza desde donde estás y con las herramientas que tienes ahora. En el camino encontrarás mejores herramientas" - Napoleón Hill

El mejor momento para plantar un árbol fue hace 20 años. El segundo mejor momento es ahora. PROVERBIO CHINO

No podrás cruzar el mar si implemente te quedas en la orilla mirando el agua. RABINDRANATH TAGORE, POETA

if you were faced with something that appeared impossible, it just meant you were not looking at all of the possibilities.

Remember, the second mouse to the trap is the one who always gets the cheese.