Quotes About Opportunity

Our mistake is to confuse our limitations with the bounds of possibility . . .

Wide brimmed and narrow, some tall, some not, some fancy, some colorful, some plaid, some plain. She doted on changing hats at every opportunity. When she met the Prince, she was wearing one hat, when he asked her for a stroll, she excused herself, shortly to return wearing another, equally flattering.

fickle monarch of France, seduced by the advantageous offers

The loss of Christendom gives us a joyous opportunity to reclaim the freedom to proclaim the gospel in a way in which we cannot when the main social task of the church is to serve as one among many helpful props for the state.

Conservatives recognize that free enterprise—or capitalism, as it's also known—is the best system the world has ever seen for creating jobs and good living conditions. It has lifted countless millions of people out of poverty and made their lives better.

Americans are a people of commerce. We are good at business. Freedom and capitalism have made the United States the greatest economic power on earth. The conviction that anyone, with hard work, can make a better life for himself is an American article of faith. Abraham Lincoln identified the vitality of this commercial republic in 1856 when he said, "The man who labored for another last year, this year labors for himself, and next year he will hire others to labor for him.

The Constitution has guaranteed freedom, equality, opportunity, and justice to hundreds of millions of people. It is the oldest written constitution still in effect and has become a model for nations around the world.

Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he tried and failed.

Open yourself to every possibility, for there is nothing your heart can imagine that is not so.

The depression which spread over the world like a great conflagration toward the end of 1929 gave Adolf Hitler his opportunity, and he made the most of it. Like most great revolutionaries he could thrive only in evil times, at first when the masses were unemployed, hungry and desperate, and later when they were intoxicated by war.

At the first meeting, Schlabrendorff says, he had an opportunity to examine Hitler's oversize cap. He was struck by its weight. On examination it proved to be lined with three and a half pounds of steel plating.

The Olympic games held in Berlin in August 1936 afforded the Nazis a golden opportunity to impress the world with the achievements of the Third Reich, and they made the most of it.

If we don't have time for masterpiece moments, the very reason we came to earth is being wasted on us.

ANY MOMENT CALLED NOW IS ALWAYS FULL OF POSSIBLES. AT

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.

If Heaven made him — earth can find some use for him.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

If fortune smiles, who doesn't? If fortune doesn't, who does?

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.

One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.