Quotes About Opportunity

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

when fate is very generous with us, there is always a well into which all our dreams can tumble.

The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again

You don't choose your life; it chooses you. There's no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on. We can't choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.

When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been opened up in your life - there it lies, empty, waiting to be filled with something new. At the moment of one's loss, contradictory as this might seem, one is being given a large slice of freedom.

It was a mistake that set the world in motion. Never be afraid of making a mistake.

They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, Heaven or Hell is born. Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: I made some mistakes, but I wasn`t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.

But never hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralyses you is fear of making a mistake. If you have made the right movements, open your hand and release the string. Even if the arrow fails to hit the target, you will learn how to improve your aim next time.

Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

When you make a decision, you are really diving in a strong current that will bring you to places you never dreamed of when you first made that decision

I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.

It's called the principle of favorability, beginner's luck. Because life wants to achieve your destiny.

Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

The ship is safest when it's in port, but that's not what ships were built for.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

When faced by any loss, there's no point in trying to recover what has been, it's best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new

One must make the most of opportunities, or they are lost forever.

When you want something with all of your heart, the universe conspires to helping you achieve it - The Alchemist

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down a wonderful opportunity simply because we don't know what to do with it.

The universe conspires to help the dreamer

Wait patiently for the right moment to act. Do not let the next opportunity slip. Take pride in your scars. Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle. Often this will lead them to seek dialogue and avoid conflict. Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a story current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.