Quotes About Opportunity

Ruling the world isn't a chess game," said Peter. "Or if it is, it's a game with a thousand powerful pieces and eight billion pawns, and the pieces keep changing their capabilities, and the gameboard never stays the same. So just how far ahead can you possibly see? All I could do was put myself into a position with the most possible influence, and then exploit whatever opportunities came.

As Ender had once said, most victories came from instantly exploiting your enemy's stupid mistakes, and not from any particular brilliance in your own plan.

Everything everybody does is a waste of time, until it isn't

The key. The world was full of locked doors, and he had to get his hands on every key.

And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich. Money and talent aren't the same thing. That's because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors, said Sister Carlotta. And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent.

It was better, she thought, to be able to select from the whole menu of human achievements than to be bound within one narrow range.

All boys? A few girls. They don't often pass the test to get in. Too many centuries of evolution are working against them.

People always go. Always. They always believe they can make a better life than in the old world." "What the hell, maybe they can.

Whatever action you take must be the final action, for you'll get no second chance to surprise the same man.

Life is too short to learn German

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Time is a waste of money.

Youth is the only thing worth having.

She's always thought that one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing it is yours.

Donde hay educación no hay distinción de clases

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Mike knows the market is crazy, but it will come back," Wynn continued. "But the people who run money panic, they want to get out, so they start selling everything—and Mike will make a bid. Then he sits there. And when it does come back, he makes out.

There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.

He is where he is supposed to be. And yet the place he has found is also of his own choosing. That is a piece of luck not to be despised.

I think people regret what they didnt do more than what they did. I think everbody has things they failed to do. You cant see what is coming, Bobby. And if you could it is no guarantee you'd make the right choice even then. I believe in God's design.