Quotes About Opportunity

Todos fracasamos alguna vez. No se trata de elegir entre el fracaso y el éxito; sino de escoger el riesgo y aspirar a la grandeza, o no tomar ningún riesgo y asegurarnos la mediocridad.

But in the words of Joichi Ito, director of MIT's media lab, "If you plan your whole life, by definition you can't get lucky. So you have to leave that little slot open.

the book Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, my old friend Tony Tjan and his coauthors studied people they called "Luck Dominant," and found that 86 percent of them credited their success to "being open to new things and people.

Take your skill, combine them with your passions and find out where in the market or within your own company, they can best be applied

One article creates visibility, which in turn puts you in front of other journalists, creating the possibility of more articles and visibility.

You have to view getting to know new people as a challenge and an opportunity. The very idea should spark your competitive fires, silencing the wallflower in all of us that shies away from socially adventuresome behavior.

real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful.

I've come to believe that connecting is one of the most important business—and life—skill sets you'll ever learn. Why? Because, flat out, people do business with people they know and like. Careers—in every imaginable field—work the same

Nothing is an end because it always can be a basis for something new and different.

Risks are what make the difference between new ideas and re-worked old ideas.

There are people who prefer to say 'yes' and there are people who prefer to say 'no'. Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.

Those who say yes are rewarded by the adventures they have.

If you are not ready to walk away from an opportunity, then you probably are not in a position to reach final agreement effectively either. The principle here is simple, but the ability to adhere to it is not. If you don't know the value that your solution provides to the prospective buyer, you are at a distinct disadvantage. Why? Because you have little, if any, bargaining power.

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.

It's really good to be here and as I always say, it's really good to be anywhere!

'Twilight' is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.

Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

We have to make our own opportunities. The world does not deliver kindnesses.

Writing has become foundational to finding meaningful employment across much of the workforce.

Kelvin Christopher James

We get the place on the right swell, surfing it is one thing, getting good shots is something else. You get fog up there. You get rain. You get clouds. The light is shit. Harmon knows that too. That's why he asked for you. Radical conditions, a narrow window. You better have somebody who can get the shot. His problem is, he thinks you're still the one.

It's harder to make a banker out of a hoss thief than a hoss thief out of a banker.

Life is like checkers. When you reach the top, you can move wherever you want.

A sharp eye is the mother of good luck.