Quotes About Opportunity

I would love to go back and travel the road not taken, if I knew at the end of it I'd find the same set of grandkids.

Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.

Are there not, dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver, One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge; One, when a prince he rises with his pearl? Festus, I plunge.

Every obstacle is a gift, every problem is an opportunity for growth.

Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.

Make a virtue of necessity.

LEAVING OPTIONS OPEN

Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities.

the MO Operation presented a golden opportunity, the chance to catch half of America's carrier strength with all of Japan's.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

Although it was pure luck that the book Improvement of the Mind fell into his hands, it took someone with such focus to recognize immediately its worth and exploit

Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really mean by this is the equal chance for people to express their differences, to let a thousand flowers bloom.

Law 35: Master the art of timing "Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.

If you work on yourself first, as Faraday did, developing a solid work ethic and organizational skills, eventually the right teacher will appear in your life.

You must never disdain an apprenticeship with no pay. In fact, it is often the height of wisdom to find the perfect mentor and offer your services as an assistant for free.

Commit harmless mistakes that will not hurt you in the long run but will give you the chance to ask for his help. Masters adore such requests.

But it's not what you have that brings you victory, it's how you use it.

To help yourself to cultivate serendipity, you should keep a notebook with you at all times.

Daily Law: Confront one of your limitations—one of the obstructions in your path—today. Break beyond it, climb over it, think your way around it. Don't run from it. It was created for you. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life's Task

As Pasteur himself commented, "Chance favors only the prepared mind.

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands

The Laws of Human Nature, 17: Seize the Historical Moment—The Law of Generational Myopia

el azar sólo favorece a la mente preparada".

Use Resistance and Negative Spurs Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. —50 Cent