Quotes About Opportunity

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

It doesn't matter what you did or where you were...it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and NEVER let anyone shut you up!!

Although time seems to fly by, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest"

By taking the time to contemplate where you are and where you want to be, you greatly empower yourself. It's a wonderful opportunity to finally set in motion the changes you want in your life."

No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?"

Seizing the power of now is what will help you propel your life to where you need to be."

The actions you take today can propel you into a better position tomorrow."

The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery."

Time waits for no one. There is only one time for happiness and the time is NOW!"

Today stretches ahead of you waiting to be shaped. You are the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to you. "

You can still make today the day you change yourself. It's never too late!

With books as with most things in life, when you're successful, it's always good to have a second act.

Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.

a second is as good as an eon, if you suceed...and as good as forever if you fail

Look for every opportunity to go the extra mile. That's how you become extra special and extra successful.

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

Well, even if we lose our money, we'll have a company. For once in our lives, we'll have a company.

You're not desperate until you've opened all the doors. T-A-L-T-O-S.

When you don't have the skill you need, you hire someone who does; and when you can't do that, you find a way to fake it. Some days I think that explains most of my career.

One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

A really important lesson in investing is that being either too far in front or too far behind is when you get hurt, whereas being right at the edge of the wave is where the money is made. And our job is not to be right, but to make money.

Much as Africa has leapfrogged straight to mobile phones, it has the opportunity to skip the dirty, grid-tied power plants that currently operate across the developed world and go straight to clean, distributed power.

Whenever I get a script I skip from the leading role to the second or third friend as I think, 'no one famous will want that so I might get it!'

I got a good-enough adolescence. I mean, there's a sense wherein you skip a part of childhood, too, when you start working at that age I did; I was out working and out of home at 15, paying my own way in the world.