Quotes About Opportunity

Success Is A Choice

A good shooter taking a great shot is better than a great shooter taking a bad one.

Rather than fear or run looking for a place to hide, we must press into Christ and clothe ourselves with the power of the Holy Spirit so we can make a mark for eternity in as many lives as possible before this current age ends. The opportunity before us is remarkable and unprecedented.

and if you're not prepared, you better believe someone else will be. Your loss will be their gain.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

I read recently that Americans are buying used cars for an average of $12,000, and I thought, Why don't they take the bus to work and make a feature film instead?

My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

Life is a gift... Life is a test... Life is temporary assignment....

the rise of knowledge jobs for those with the skills and education to grab them and, simultaneously, the rise of third-rate service jobs for those without.

It always comes back to us - why are we here? Well, we just happened to be here, we couldn't choose it. The chance of us being born - that sperm hitting that egg - is 400 trillion to 1. We're not special, we're just lucky; and this is a holiday. We didn't exist for 14 and a half billion years. Then we get 80 or 90 years if we're lucky, and then we'll never exist again. So we should make the most of it.

To make it not be the last day, I'd search for every single possibility. (Translated)

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.

Greatness is not only about what you have or where you are in life but what you do with what you have wherever you find yourself.

I move throughout the world...guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.

spend more time with a specific set of must-have customers, disproportionate to the revenue they might account for at that specific point of time; taking on projects which might not give high margins initially, but might eventually become big;

A more effective approach in uncertain environments is to allow resources to be invested only when uncertainty is reduced, a core principle of options reasoning.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

Don't wait until regrets are your only option, make the changes and act before it's too late.

Trust me, the harder you work the better luck you have.

The more you travel, the more well-off you'll be, I think.

Adventure is just bad planning.

Startups are about focusing and executing on a single, scalable idea rather than jumping on every good one which crosses your desk.