Quotes About Opportunity

What I love best in life is new starts.

Der Augenblick muß es ergeben." "Wenn aber kein solcher Augenblick kommt?" "So führe ich ihn herbei.

When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else." – Joseph Campbell

When you come to a fork in the road, take it - Yogi Berra

Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.

And this led Schlick to formulate a succinct moral principle: "Sei glücksbereit! " or, rendered literally in English, "Be ready for happiness!" The spirit of the remark, however, is perhaps more accurately caught by the less compact phrase "Always be ready to give happiness a chance!

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.

You can always back up and pick a new fork.

I'm bad at relationships--I'm not gonna lie. And maybe you and I would be a mistake, but maybe we wouldn't. All I know is that if we don't try, we'll never know.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Given any binary, it's fun to look for some hidden third, and the reason why the third was hidden says a lot about culture. The choice between two of something is not a choice at all, but rather the opportunity to subscribe to the value system which holds the two presented choices as mutually exclusive alternatives. Once we choose one or the other, we've bought into the system that perpetuates the binary.

Why, mother!" cried Rebecca, clasping her knees with her hands; "why, mother, it's enough joy just to be here in the world on a day like this; to have the chance of seeing, feeling, doing, becoming! When you were seventeen, mother, wasn't it good just to be alive? You haven't forgotten?

And all the bars at which we fret,   That seem to prison and control,   Are but the doors of daring set   Ajar before the soul.

A woman can do many things, but she has to bide her time.

There is just this, though, lass, that I can tell you, she said. Which is, life is long. It has more corners than you can count. A woman can do many things, but she has to bide her time.

And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.

And failure, if you want to know, Dakota, is just another opportunity to try again.

Now think of life in the same terms. Start over when you have to. Make a second draft. Or a third. Embrace the chance you have to do things over again in a different, better, wiser way.

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

With sufficient international support, these countries can seize the opportunity to leapfrog the wasteful and polluting technologies of the past. And if they channel GDP growth into creating economies that are distributive and regenerative by design, they will start bringing all of their inhabitants above the Doughnut's social foundation without overshooting its ecological ceiling.

Start with a two-line summary of your background, and then say what you're looking for, being as specific as possible. It could go something like this: "I just graduated with a degree in economics, and I worked at a hospital for my past two summers. I'd love a job at a health-related website. I know you once worked for WebMD, and I'd really welcome a personal introduction.

Come right out and say you want it: "It's been great hearing you talk about the position. I'd love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.