Quotes About Opportunity

You will regret the small thing you didn't say for the rest of your life.

A glorious something else awaits.

Privilege has a way of fucking with our heads the same way as lack of it does.

You don't have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you're holding. And, dear one, you and I both were granted a mighty generous hand.

Aside from the people I love, there is little I value more than my education.

Of this I am absolutely sure: Do not reach the era of child-rearing and real jobs with a guitar case full of crushing regret for all the things you wished you'd done in your youth. I know too many people who didn't do those things. They all end up mingy, addled, shrink-wrapped versions of the people they intended to be.

Not regretting it later is the reason I've done at least three-quarters of the best things in my life.

Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.

The ability to rapidly shift the focus of one's efforts is a key element in how a smaller force defeats a larger, since it enables the smaller force to create and exploit opportunities before the larger force can marshal reinforcements. Lind notes, and this is especially relevant to business,

Life may not offer you the same chance twice.

After a long time, we have had a stable mandate at the top. If the BJP blows this opportunity, it will set India back by a decade.

When you lose something, don't think of it as a loss. Accept it as a gift that gets you on the path you were meant to travel on"

complex vortex of tests, classes, selections and preparations is something every insignificant Indian student like me has to go through to have a shot at a decent life. Else, I could always take the job of Birju the watchman or, if I wanted it simpler, hang myself

I observed all the students at IIT. They came from all parts of India, toppers in their respective schools. Few had come there to research science or learn about technology. Most had come to achieve their middle-class dream—a better life. And that is what the IITs promised them.

There are call centres, credit card sales. Be open-minded and things work out.' 'Finish engineering and join a call centre?' 'Dude, don't be so shocked. We, like millions of other students, are the losers in the Great Indian Education Race. Be happy with whatever you get.

However, Americans have created a system in which wealth is created with hard work, innovation, talent and enterprise. People who display these qualities move up in life.

everyone has a right to prosper and succeed through hard work, innovation and excellence. We

of timing. Also, who on earth says 'good name' these

Americans may have a hundred flaws, but they are extremely protective of their system. Anyone who tries to break it to come up in life using unfair means is punished severely. Schools

God gives talent so that the ordinary person can become extraordinary. Talent is the only way the poor can become rich. Otherwise, in this world the rich would remain rich and the poor would remain poor. This unfair talent actually creates a balance, helps to make the world fair

Mal tinha chegado ao país e queria encontrar todas as portas abertas ou explodi-las a dinamite. Eu já sabia que as portas estavam apenas encostadas. Talvez amanhã eu me visse eventualmente perdido num labirinto de 700portas.

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final.