Quotes About Opportunity

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?

Men now monopolize the upper levels depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.

Now or never was the time.

She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.

Ik had wel duizend levens en ik nam er maar één.

It terrifies you. That you missed out on something. That you gave up something you didn't know you wanted." A sharp, pitying smile pinched the corners of her lips. "What was it? Was it a boy? Was it a vocation? Or was it a whole life?

All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or steeling themselves to go out into the world, searching for something better. So many lives she would never know about, unfolding behind those doors.

I could have done that, Marilyn thought. And the words clicked into place like puzzle pieces, shocking her in their rightness. The hypothetical past-perfect. The tense of missed chances. Tears dripped down her chin. No! She though suddenly. I could do that.

Le conditionnel passé, le temps des opportunités manquées.

The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of missed chances.

Na maioria dos casos, toda a gente merece mais do que uma oportunidade. Todos nós fazemos coisas que lamentamos de vez em quando e que teremos de levar para sempre dentro de nós.

I could have done that, Marilyn thought, and the words clicked into place like puzzle pieces, shocking her with the rightness. The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of miss chances.

The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of missed chances. Tears dripped down her chin. No, she thought suddenly. I could do that.

Later she would wonder if this had made her miss her chance, or if she had ever had a chance at all.

It is not too late, he thinks . . . Not yet the end.

A million little chances to change the future.

It is not too late. It is not too late.

Yawning gaps of time when she could have been anywhere, doing anything.

If you give only 80 percent leadership, your dog will give you 80 percent following. And the other 20 percent of the time he will run the show. If you give your dog any opportunity for him to lead you, he will take it.

În fiecare diminea?? începe o alt? zi.

Take calculated risks with your career. Don't let fear consume you. And if you're not having fun, you're not going to be excellent.