Quotes About Opportunity

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.

At a conservative estimate, there are probably a million men and women in their twenties and thirties who would happily work long hours doing what most needs to be done, if they were paid something for it.

When I asked my boss if he would refer me to someone in London where I was going next, he replied, "If you are really good, then we would not want you to leave. If you are bad, then we would not refer you. If you are just so so, why should we bother?" So he did not do anything. Luckily his boss, a Swiss manager, felt compelled to notify his London colleagues that I was going to be in town. And thus I got hired.

there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction….Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being who you are." Everything happens for a reason. Everything has a purpose.

Each trip is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.

When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk!

We are here for a finite amount of time...it's up to each of us to make that time meaningful and special.

To step off the reservation to question the rules of the larger society is to take a great risk, but perhaps also to find a great opportunity. We will never know how great the opportunity was if we are afraid to take the risk.

He felt his poverty; without a cent, without a home, without land, tools, or savings, he had entered into competition with rich, landed, skilled neighbors. To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

The present winter is worth an age if rightly employed, but if lost or neglected, the whole continent will partake of the misfortune; and there is no punishment which that man will not deserve, be he who, or what, or where he will, that may be the means of sacrificing a season so precious and useful.

money is always important if you grow up without it.

Every crowd has a silver lining.

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

I suppose we run into accidents and coincidences every day. What matters are the choices we make. If we let an important chance slip by without even trying, then what do we have?

Božanskost je navzo?a v vsakem ?loveku, in ?e so razmere ugodne, se bo sama od sebe manifestirala prav tako, kakor skali seme, v katerem se skriva življenje, in zaradi svoje narave zraste v drevo, ?e ima omogo?ene razmere za razvijanje svojih zmožnosti.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

De mis disparates de juventud lo que más pena me da no es el haberlos cometido, sino el no poder volver a cometerlos.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports for all people.

Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow;Gather the roses of life today.

N'attendons pas demain: Cueillons dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie / Live, don't wait until tomorrow to pick the roses of life

The film division at Amazon is made up of true cineastes who love movies and really want to try and provide opportunity for independent film visions to find their footing in a vastly shifting market. They love cinema.

I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions.