Quotes About Opportunity

It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Gentlemen. If you're going to take Vienna, take it.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

I did not usurp the crown; it was in the gutter and I picked it out.

Space I can recover. Time, never.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Let the path be open to talent.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents [the road is open to the talented], without distinction of birth or fortune.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible...

All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.

When your opponent is making a mistake, do nothing to interfere.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.