Quotes About Opportunity

He waits too long, and time replies for him.

But the great mast trees took 80 to 120 years to grow to sufficient diameter. A landowner who planted an acorn could hope his grandchildren or great-grandchildren might harvest it for profit—if the intervening generations could wait so long. Many could not; many did not. Selling timber was an easy means to raise cash; landowners from the king on down took advantage of the opportunity whenever their purses emptied.

the Twelve Steps, however, believes that sin and failure are, in fact, the setting and opportunity for the transformation and enlightenment of the offender

People who have never been in this downtrodden, impoverished situation can be very unsympathetic because they don't realize what's happening inside. From their secure position—usually in the middle or upper classes—it's easy to call the poor lazy or unmotivated. Such people do not understand the psychological dimension of poverty. The poor have little chance of changing their state without some help from outside.

There is no practical or compelling reason to leave one's present comfort zone in life. Why should you or would you? Frankly, none of us do unless and until we have to. The invitation probably has to unexpected and unsought. Richard Rohr

The only free positions in this world are at the bottom and at the edges of things.

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

As Mary Oliver puts it, "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Non basta una vita One life isn't enough

Let us not forget Colby and the liberating effects of higher education. Though it doesn't liberate everyone, does it?

Wondrous! he thought, how the heart leaps when one is chosen, especially later in life, after one would suppose the time for choosing and being chosen has passed.

We stand before a hundred doors, choose to enter one, where we're faced with a hundred more and then choose again. We choose not just what we'll do, but who we'll be. Perhaps the sound of all those doors swinging shut behind us each time we select this one

Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

the city in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries in America could be an alluring place; but it also often was, for persons without brains or money or simply good luck, a crucible in which the superficial elements of personality and civilization were quickly burned away, to reveal the animal underneath. As

This Court should not sit to fix punishment for this boy; it should sit to ponder why there are not more like him! And there are, Your Honor. If it were not for the backwaters of religion, gambling and sex draining off their energies into channels harmful to them and profitable to us, more of them would be here today. Be assured!

Ahead the long rails were glinting in the moonlight, stretching away, away to somewhere, somewhere where he could be a man.

Rush life like a yellow light.

No,' Nico said. 'Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that's the trick.' As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could've been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up.

Great victory requires great risk. -Hera

Everything living deserves a chance to grow.

A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.

Where are you taking us? Nico said. You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls. They're not dolls! They're figurines! And you can take your great army and—

Nets can be traps. But they can also be safety nets. You just have to know when to jump in.

There is always a way out for those who are clever enough to find it.