Quotes About Opportunity

You're gonna miss each and every shot you can't be bothered to take. That's not living life, that's just being a tourist.

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.—Stephen Covey

Since the publication of my first two books, Getting Things Done and Ready for Anything, I've had the opportunity to engage

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. —George Bernard Shaw

give all our attention to the opportunity before us.

At any point in time, the first thing to consider is, what could you possibly do, where you are, with the tools you have?

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who can do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can give . . . our attention to the opportunity before us. —Mark Van Doren

The world will be our oyster. We'll be wandering stars. We'll be footloose and free.

The sillier the market's behavior, the greater the opportunity for the businesslike investor.

The opportunity came up here, and presto, there you go. Sometimes that's all you need for a major life change: a dream.

It only matters, Devine, to you. But I would say this: Life is a long enough journey without having only negative motivations to get your ass out of bed every day. What I'm offering you is, once again, something

America was full of opportunity, everybody said. You just had to unlock it. Only they forgot to give out keys for LuAnn's kind. Or maybe they didn't forget at all. Maybe it was intentional.

She's been nothing but supportive of me, no matter how many mistakes I made. I know she loves me and I love her." "Sounds like something you should tell her yourself, at your first opportunity. You don't want to squander chances with your family," added Robie, drawing a quick glance from Reel. "You never know if

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got the chance.

Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to

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You could have been a great scientist or something. Or a writer.

And I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.

the most important factor in America's economic future—in raising everyone's standard of living—is not land, or money, or computers; it's human talent.

Make the best of every moment. We're not evolving. We're not going anywhere.

All sooners know life is something you just borrow for a while. Each person must choose how to spend it.

Nothing is beyond us, the new legends say. So choose well.

Warren Buffett has famously attributed much of his success to "winning the ovarian lottery"—that is, being born as a white male to middle-class parents in an America on the cusp of the postwar boom.