Quotes About Opportunity

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

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

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

To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

There is no failure—just a big field to wander in.

Writing is egalitarian; it cuts across geographic, class, gender, and racial lines.

God/creator/the universe gives us this pool to choose from - an infinite amount of opportunities and resources. This allows us to choose!

Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.

He'd learned a lot in the short time he'd been with the Cahills, and one of the biggest lessons was not to hold back. Go for it now, because you never knew what could happen the next day, or even the next minute . - Pony

When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.

Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.

We learned that indecision is a decision, that inaction has a cost all its own. Good commanders act and create opportunities. Great commanders ruthlessly exploit those opportunities

It's not because I don't like people that I don't go. I search for a compromise within myself... and while I'm busy thinking about it, I miss my chance...every time.

We're lucky just to be alive.

Previously, it had brought her the names of famous men who had discovered things. She would bite her nails as she listened, telling herself that if she were a man she would be able to do likewise. Obscurity, she felt that these discoverers had no greater talent for discovery than she, only that they were men. Yes, a man could do things a woman could not simply because he was a man. He was not more able, but he was male, and masculinity in itself was one of the preconditions for discovery.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

God does not begin by asking our ability, but more of our availability. When we prove our dependability, He will in crease our capability.

Let me tell you something. You win life's lottery when you're born--especially if you're born in the United States, hands down the best place in the world to begin and live your life. You're an American, the envy of people around the globe. From that point on everything else is gravy--and it's all up to you.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experientially what you already know conceptually. You need learn nothing to do this. You need merely remember what you already know, and act on it.