Quotes About Opportunity

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers

Walmart is, Jameson asserts cheekily but with sincere admiration, "the shape of a utopian future looming through the mist, which we must seize as an opportunity to exercise the utopian imagination more fully, rather than an occasion for moralizing judgments or regressive nostalgia.")

Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.

He disliked English, not because they had invaded his country, but because of the effort required to understand their different languages and customs. At the same time, he was in no hurry for them to leave, for he admired them, most of the time, not for the modernity they were establishing but for the business opportunities they brought with them.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Sometimes, even the best of plans will occur to you when it is too late.

Every problem has a solution,' the doorman said. 'At least, that's what a close associate of mine says. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution - even if it's right in front of your nose.

Remember, sometimes something might seem like bad news, but it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

What might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.

There's more to life than safety

Any age was a difficult age for someone needing to get through that window.

If we keep waiting until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of your lives.

but you can't invent things like time,"Violet said. "You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can't invent more time.

Sometimes even in the most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good fortune.

Look, everybody has a turn, Snicket. Giacomo Casanova had a turn. Marcel Duchamp had a turn. Beverly Cleary had a turn. People have done difficult things for more or less noble reasons. Your turn now.

If we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

Sex is like crime. Only one per cent motivation and ninety-nine per cent opportunity.

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.

What we prize most is peace and an opportunity to devote all our efforts to restoring our economy.

You should have gone west to America. You would have been a senior citizen of Boston. But you took a wrong turn, and what happened? You're a lonely old man from Liverpool.

Athletes, we were supposed to just be there, and in class I made it a point that I was prepared for every exam, that I got on that Dean's List. Because I wanted them to see that there was a black person on the Dean's List who was an athlete. I accepted the challenge, because I want you to know that we bleed just like you do. We have feelings just like you do. Let us read the same books and we'll understand it just like you do!