Quotes About Opportunity

We must not fall into the trap of waiting so long for the big things that we let numerous small chances slip right by us.

do not be put off by the illusory nature of life. Use it. Everything in this life can be an advantage to the wise.

One side of a ridge is cold and foggy, The other is hot and dry. Just by choosing where you stand, You alter your destiny.

Each day your life grows a day shorter. Make every move count.

Atmink viena: likimo mes negalim ?veikti, bet galim jam nesipriešinti ir gauti iš to visa, kas ?manoma.

Tot està per fer i tot és possible

If only you look, you'll find that right in that hole is something you've desperately needed to complete your journey successfully. And you wouldn't have found it if you hadn't fallen in that hole.

The bad event gave you the strength you needed in your foundation to make possible the next wonderful thing in your life.

Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance...But it is also more than that: it is a crucible for transformation. Each trial, every loss, is an opportunity for you to meet suffering with love and make of it an offering, a prayer. The minute you lift your pain like a candle the darkness vanishes, and mercy comes rushing in to heal you.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us. She seemed to have room for me; she never turned away in the pauses that allow for turning away.

I have to do it to day. It's the first day of the rest of my life. Oh. I had a day like that last week. Really? What happened? I woke up and thought, This is the first day of the rest of my life. Then what happened? I drove to work. Oh.

Don't wait to be sure or you'll miss the boat, hop on and move, move, move.

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

I kicked the door open, and I'm gonna hold my leg in there. I'm keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.

Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.

There is no speedy advance except at its proper time. - Alan Henderson Gardiner

Poor men have become men of wealth, He who could not afford sandals owns riches.

rule number eight: noting ventured, nothing gained

I have an underwater camera just in case I crash my car into a river, and at the last minute I see a photo opportunity.

Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.

Every ending is a new beginning. Your next beginning will be like a child on Santa's lap for the first time.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.