Quotes About Opportunity

When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

This idea of starting at the bottom and working one's way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging.

This is because "indecision crystallizes into DOUBT" and "the two blend and become FEAR!"58 Decisiveness, in contrast, boosts our self-confidence and elevates our mind to a higher plane of functioning, whereby our thoughts are more apt to attract inspiration and opportunity.

people, in almost every walk of life. It was Mr. Carnegie's idea that the magic formula, which gave him a stupendous fortune, ought to be placed within reach of people who do not have

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

Generally, the youth just out of school seeks any job that can be found. He takes the first place he finds, because he has fallen into the habit of indecision. Ninety-eight out of every hundred people working for wages today, are in the positions they hold, because they lacked the definiteness

In every adversity or defeat there is a seed of equal or greater benefit.

A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a job.

Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated, often discredited; perhaps this is why we get so little from our marvellous opportunity in public schools.

cuando uno está verdaderamente preparado para algo, hace que se manifieste".

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, but, he said, that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

attempt to carry out the desire. But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire that he finally decided to travel by "blind baggage," rather than be defeated. (In other words, he went to East Orange on a freight train.) He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory and announced he had come to go into business with the inventor. Years later, in speaking of the first meeting between Barnes and Edison, Mr. Edison said

this book. Barnes did not get his partnership with

Forget about "a job." Forget whether or not there is an opening. Forget the usual routine of "have you got a job for me?" Concentrate on what you can give.

Awake, arise, and assert yourself, you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in the ascendency. The world depression brought the opportunity you have been waiting for. It taught people humility, tolerance, and open-mindedness. The world is filled with an abundance of OPPORTUNITY which the dreamers of the past never knew.

I wish I had asked you for $100,000,000 more." "If you had asked for it, you'd have gotten it

Some individuals appear to be "allergic" to honest work, but opportunity is equally allergic to them.

those who master and apply the secret will reach high stations, accumulate riches, and bargain with life on their own terms, even if their schooling has been meagre.

Cuando llegó la oportunidad, apareció de una forma diferente, y desde una dirección distinta que Barnes había esperado. Ese es uno de los trucos de la oportunidad. Tiene la costumbre de colarse por la puerta de atrás, y suele venir disfrazada en forma de desgracia o derrota temporal. Tal vez por eso