Quotes About Opportunity

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

The greatest thing a man can possibly do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. It is not a question of what someone else can do or become which every youth should ask himself, but what can I do? How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.

Do you see a problem in every opportunity or an opportunity in every problem?

Success never goes on sale, but most spend their whole life dickering over the cost, never making the purchase.

If we're going to make mistakes anyway, we might as well learn from them -- "teachable moments".

Never let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know.

Most people fail in life because they were not prepared for the opportunities when they appeared.

Don't waste tomorrow on yesterday.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

If you want to live the life you've always wanted, you will have to change some things you've always avoided.

Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.

I got that good a contract because I really didn't want to make a film.

Nuestra vida es, en todo instante y antes que nada, conciencia de lo que nos es posible. Si en cada momento no tuviéramos delante más que una sola posibilidad, carecería de sentido llamarla así. Sería más bien pura necesidad.»

The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late.

When you've got the devil's own luck, you're immune from the usual run of disasters. Such people must be utilized.

Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late.

Poverty and scholarship have always gone hand in hand, it seems, and one can't help but wonder why that might be.

Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness...