Quotes About Opportunity

I think our life is a series of adventures.

Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

The great challenges of life appear to us when, and only when, we have everything we need to survive and heal from the experience.

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.

An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Potential has a shelf life.

In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it...The college would be life-long, for learning can take place all through life.

There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.

Burn your bridges every 2 years.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

I think something wonderful is going to happen to me. Maybe tomorrow. The phone can ring and your whole life can change.

Everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!

If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn't you make the most of it?

FORGET ABOUT YOUR PAST! MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE!

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.

If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained.