Quotes About Opportunity

The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to

What a pity it wouldn't stay!' sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight; and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter 'Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose YOUR temper!' 'Hold your tongue, Ma!' said the young Crab, a little snappishly. 'You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!

One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror (it was Bill, the Lizard) could not make out at all what had become of it; so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very little use, as it left no mark on the slate. 'Herald

learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off

schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) '--yes, that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?

Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all.

We are a country built by immigrants, dreams, daring, and opportunity. We are a country built by the horrors of slavery and genocide, the injustice of racism and exclusion. These realities exist side by side. It is our past and our present. The future is unwritten. This is a book about ghosts. For we live in a haunted house.

Because it is morning, it is morning, and there is so much to see.

All things are possible.

Life don't come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain't nobody handing it to us.

But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.

Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently- whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more?

I know. And I'm Sorry. People will disappoint you, Gemma. The question to ask is whether you can learn to live with the disappointment and move on. I'm offering you a new world.

Here is the world before you. You have only to reach for it.

It is the scorpion's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.

inside everyone was the chance to change the world. It sat like a seed eager to grow into greatness.

La vida no viene a buscarte, Memphis. Tienes que ir tú a por ella. Los dos tenemos que ir a por ella. Porque nadie va a servírnosla en bandeja.

But that was another quirky thing about Fate; she never bargained, and she never gave second changes.

Melakukan sesuatu yang baru mungkin bisa berakhir dengan kegagalan atau mungkin merupakan hal terbaik yang pernah kita lakukan - tetapi kita tidak akan pernah tahu bila tidak mencoba.

Echo:The thing about love is you always end up losing it. Cora: Oh but what you miss if you wont take the chance.

I think you will agree that life's plans are not always tied up in neat little packages. Occasionally we find ourselves at unexpected crossroads with more than one opportunity from which to choose. Time itself is often the best indicator of which decision to make, for it can tell so many thing that are now hazy.

that she must leave the convent to teach seven children (The Sound of Music) or that he's given a chance to fight the champion (Rocky). Although this type of catalyst isn't as forceful as an event, in relationship-based stories it might be very appropriate.

Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. There it was. Salva Dut—Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!