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Quotes About Opportunity

Now is the first day of the rest of your strife.
~ Ian Rankin
Sometimes I think we're all gentlemen of the road. It's just that most of us haven't got the courage to take that first step.
~ Ian Rankin
This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.
~ Ian Rush
You only regret the things you haven`t done !
~ Ian Simpson
keep faith in "the advantages to be expected from perseverance…so long as any chance for success may remain.
~ Ian W. Toll
To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.
~ Ibrahim Babangida
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
~ Ibrahim Babangida
When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.
~ Ice T
The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
~ Ice T
No more small towns for me. I was going to the city to get my degree in pimping.
~ Iceberg Slim
Don't get too hung up on working with any one person, because it's like a game of checkers where dudes are hopping over one another all the time, shouting, "King me, motherfucker!" It's checkers, yo. But with a lot of money at stake.
~ Unknown
us legit options, encouraging us to make smarter choices with our lives, challenging us to make a positive change. The ball was in our court. It was up to us to decide whether we were ready to accept that challenge or not.
~ Unknown
It was the sisters down at Good Fred's, where I would get my hair permed, who convinced me. "Ice, baby, you better do this. You better take this opportunity to be in a movie.
~ Unknown
I can't front—when I flew to New York to start shooting, it felt like I was committing career suicide.
~ Unknown
I'm serious, Ice," and he hands me his business card. "Call me at Warner Bros. tomorrow. If you're interested, we'll get you the script to look at.
~ Unknown
I did a few opening-act gigs at United Nations and Water the Bush. I opened up for Digital Underground when they came to L.A. and
~ Unknown
In the summertime I used to have a Kool-Aid stand set up in front of the house. A pitcher of Kool-Aid cost maybe a dollar and I'd sell glasses for a quarter apiece. I'd be able to make a profit of eight or nine bucks on a hot day. That was a nice little
~ Unknown
hustle for a youngster. But one day, the weather turned cold and nobody bought any Kool-Aid. My pops came home and said, "How'd you do today?" "It got cold—I didn't sell anything." "Well, if they ain't buying Kool-Aid, sell 'em cookies." He wasn't trying to give me a sweeping life lesson,
~ Unknown
Don't let trends in the market affect your hustle. As the game changes, you need to move and adapt. If the market suddenly switches up on you, don't get stuck—pivot. In 1999, I got offered the chance to guest star on Law
~ Unknown
got a full-time job in there paying me about thirty cents an hour. When I wasn't working in the laundry, I started writing and recording songs. This dude I met had a little cassette recorder, and over the years I recorded something like sixty songs. I studied all the rappers I loved and really
~ Unknown
Private equity is a growing form of financing.
~ Unknown
Chaos is another name for opportunity
~ I-Ching
It is not 'Have I got a chance?' It is more often: 'Have I seen my chance?
~ Idries Shah
Three things cannot be retrieved: The arrow once sped from the bow The word spoken in haste The missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.
~ Idries Shah