Quotes About Opportunity

chance of accomplishing her goal if

Life is short. You have to do what you can while you have the chance.

H-how many people?" she asked. "About four hundred." Dear God. The room spun and dipped. The buzzing got worse, as did the pressure on her chest. She was going to die, right here at Amy's school. "I know it's more than you were expecting, but how could we tell people no? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To hear someone of your caliber play live." If the panic didn't ease, they were going to hear her play dead.

wants a second chance.

Life is short. You have to do what you can while you have the chance." His

Be comfortable saying no, Pamela. At the same time, be comfortable saying yes. Every now and then life gives us an unexpected opportunity. How sad to walk away without sampling what is offered.

Less than four percent of foster kids graduate with a college degree, compared to 46 percent in the general population. And don't get me started on the number of young women who end up pregnant by age twenty-one.

Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.

God's only concern is what you do with the life you've been given.

When you only do what is expected of you, you never learn what you would've done had you chosen for yourself.

I am saying, when you make a choice, even if it's a bad one, you've played your hand. You cannot live your life as though you still held all your cards.

Philosophy's greatest task is to enlarge our sense of possibility.

We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. FDR to Fraces Perkins quoted in Furious Improvisations: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desparate Times by Susan Quinn

Life isn't safe, isn't meant to be safe. It's meant to be challenging, broadening, frightening even at times. Otherwise we're not having an adventure.

He looked into the hole, and like any hole it said, Jump.

Not being financially strapped was empowering. It's a lot easier to ask for something if you're in a position to walk away if they say no.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. —Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes life shoves you off into the unknown, and it turns out to be amazing.

love and loss are a part of life. You and I both know that. Chances can slip away while you're looking for guarantees.

Difficulty is a miracle in its first stage. —Amish proverb

Having a father who worked at SHAPE was a wonderful opportunity for Sonnet, who would be serving at NATO as an intern.

If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it'll never happen.