Quotes About Opportunity

started out as a shipping clerk. He was a really nice kid — one of the few people in the company I connected to in any real way — and from time to time I would have a quick chat with him. He told me that he really wanted to try his hand at computer programming but lacked the skills. So I sent him through a training program at no cost to him. Pretty soon, at lunchtime he was hanging around

Having the courage to say no to the little things in life will give you the power to say yes to the big things.

one of them said that the Chinese character for 'crisis' is composed of two sub-characters: one that spells 'danger' and another that spells 'opportunity.

the Chinese character for 'crisis' is comprised of two sub-characters: one that spells 'danger' and another that spells 'opportunity.' I guess that even the ancient Chinese knew that there is a bright side to the darkest circumstance — if you have the courage to look for it.

the best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today.

To the untrained eye, turbulence is judged as bad and labeled as wrong. We wish things would go back to the way they were. So we would feel safer. Yet the discomfort of growth is always better than the illusion of safety. Seriously. Standing still is an immensely harmful act for anyone dedicated to becoming an everyday hero.

todos disponemos de los mismos días de veinticuatro horas. Lo que distingue a quienes viven una vida de excepción es el modo en que emplean el tiempo.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

It's wiser to take a chance and risk looking foolish (yet know that you did it) than miss the opportunity and end up empty and heartbroken, on your last day.

Una cosa importante a tener en cuenta: Hay una gran competitividad en el nivel ordinario, pero no hay casi ninguna en el nivel extraordinario. Nunca antes se ha dado una oportunidad como esta de volveros líderes inigualables, porque muy pocos trabajan por ser los mejores en este momento de tan poca concentración, de mermados valores y de una fe deteriorada en nosotros mismos, pese al poder primitivo que albergamos en nuestro interior.

The unknown is where "the new" exists and the new is the only place in the world where you will find possibility.

Porque todos los que estamos vivos desearíamos tener más tiempo, aunque desperdiciamos el tiempo que tenemos.

Over the next twenty-four hours I vow to appreciate this day, as it is all I really have, and to use every minute wisely and fully. So much can be done over the next twenty-four hours to advance my life's agenda and complete my legacy. I will, throughout this day, remember that this day could be my last and that no great person ever died with their music still within them.

The years slip by unbelievably fast. Don't blink you'll be old. Do your juiciest goals now. Get started this very moment. Be excellent. Forget perfection. And don't wait. Please.

by the time most people figure out what they really want and how to go about attaining it, it's usually too late. That saying, if youth only knew, if age only could, is so true

Live for today — there will never be another one quite like it," stated

Choose calculated risk taking versus operating the same old way, and you'll do great

todo revés aporta un beneficio igual si uno sabe buscarlo.

No matter where the hands of nature have now placed you, your past need not prescribe your future. Tomorrow can always be made into something better than today.

You can choose to spend the rest of your days sitting on the shore of life in complete safety or you can take some chances, dive deep into the water and discover the pearls that lie waiting for the person of true courage.

There is no such thing as objective reality or 'the real world.' There are no absolutes. The face of your greatest enemy might be the face of my finest friend. An event that appears to be a tragedy to one might reveal the seeds of unlimited opportunity to another. What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.

let me simply say that the place where your greatest discomfort lies is also the spot where your largest opportunity lives.

Calculated risk taking will pay huge dividends. How will you ever get to third base with one foot on second? The biggest risk is not taking risks.

Warren Buffett, the brilliant investor, said the rich invest in time. The poor invest in money.