Quotes About Opportunity

A girl like me gets stopped at immigration.

He knew that we take what the universe gives us, and we either get the most out of it or we don't, but in the end we all go out the same way.

Scrubbley because she'd missed the train to Hogwarts.

There's not more power in a lot of people praying because the power comes from God and not the people. But what happens when many pray for the same thing is an opportunity for God's glory. Everything comes back to the glory of God. Everything in history, the purpose of our lives, is the glory of God. Every breath we take.

The era of young adults graduating from high school, joining a union, and making a good living at a factory—working class on the job and middle class at home—has largely disappeared.

A basic dividing line is age fifty," says Edward Rogoff, economist at Baruch College, City University of New York. "You lose a good job at age fifty, the chances of getting another are small, so you do something else. You start your own business.

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, "I went to college with every person I ever met.

All that travel is inevitably exhausting, but it never gets old. Arriving in the next city for the next opportunity is always a thrill. As busy as I am, wherever I am, I try to get out and walk the streets, to check out the sidewalks for cracks, to remember how far I've come and appreciate every baby step of the way, to stand in amazement and joy that the pursuit never ends.

You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win.

P.S. 10, a school in Brooklyn, New York

On the topic of winning, and the lottery: You can't lose if you don't play, therefore not losing , is winning!

It hurts, because we wanted a different outcome, but then we make it hurt even worse by creating a narrative around what happened. So, instead of creating that debilitating narrative, I think we're better served realizing that now, we have an opportunity to pivot - to take our life in a different direction.

I suppose if you take enough slim chances, you are bound to create success out of one if you stick with it long enough. Either way, imagine what you might be able to learn in the process - about the work, and yes, of yourself too.

We get one shot at this thing called life. Let's make it matter.

Without risk I have no fear, without any fear - what's the point, because I have no opportunity for success. (Gavin Kaysen)

Don't let the window of opportunity turn into a peephole

I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.

We are losing the majority of the new generation. They will not achieve anything close to their potential because of poor reading.

al liderazgo lo definen no solo la magnitud de la oportunidad sino también la calidad de la respuesta.

The urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.

Los líderes imaginan un futuro inspirador y se esfuerzan por darle forma, en vez de permanecer pasivos a la espera de lo que traiga el futuro. Los héroes sacan oro de lo que tienen a mano en lugar de esperar a tener en la mano oportunidades de oro.

You're the first," she said. "The first what?" "The first person who's declined the opportunity to see the asteroid that might destroy humanity." I shrugged. "I've seen humanity destroy itself enough times already.

You've been handed a chance in life, and I want you to grab it with both hands and not look back.