Quotes About Opportunity

I have been looking for an institution to continue my degree, but I couldn't because they didn't allow me to do it part time. My friend introduced me to original-degree.com and it literally changed my life. I am now continuing my degree, and working as well.

I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.

We are all in this world travelers, and those near to us or those whom we see, they are the ones we meet on our journey. And therefore, it is an opportunity of thinking of our duty towards them. Neither shall we be with them always, nor will they be with us. Life is a dream in which we are thrown, a dream which is ever changing. Therefore an opportunity lost of considering our little obligations in our everyday life, which form part of our duty, is like forgetting our religion.

Heil meiner Verbannung aus dem Garten Eden! Wäre ich nicht gefallen, so hätte ich keine Gelegenheit gehabt, die Lebenstiefen zu ergründen.

i think about those twists of fate, the strange run-ins that can alter everything in the blink of an eye, or the shift of a single season.

it's funny - say no and you'll stay in the same place. say yes and who knows where you'll end up.

Actually, Jake said, isn't life what we make it, wherever we are, whenever we may be - wherever it is that we are?

there is hope in maybe. Maybe. Such a tiny word. Such a powerful word.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't done. —Lucille Ball

They seek the edges, because it is the edges that ultimately lead us. A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were close enough to tell but not so close it was problematic that you hadn't done so already, but it was infinitesimal, too fleet and fleeting to pin down, visible not even in hindsight.

how impossible it is to really make a choice, when the best choice of all is an option you couldn't even imagine.

He held the landlordship of an inn to be the same as Shaw's definition of marriage – as something combining the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

God never closes a door without opening a window. But we have to look for it." – Sarah Mahoney

Flip a coin. Life or death. Heads or tails. You never know.

Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise.

Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.

Tomorrow is always another day to make things right.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Critics are by no means the end of the law. Do not think all is over with you because you articles are rejected. It may be that the editor has his drawer full, or that he does not know enough to appreciate you, or you have not gained a reputation, or he is not in a mood to be pleased. A critic's judgment is like that of any intelligent person. If he has experience, he is capable of judging whether a book will sell. That is all.

Life must not be squandered. A person got from life what he put ino it.

But sometimes you have to go for it in life. If you just sit around thinking, then nothing ever happens. And with that I was seized by a moment of clarity.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.