Quotes About Opportunity

Life does not wait for any of us to grow up.

Time is an unkind teacher, delivering lessons that we learn far too late for them to be useful. Years after I could have benefited from them, the insights come to me.

When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.

The most twisted but perennial of American myths is that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. (p. 174)

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.

The nighttime sky is all about yesterday. The light that you're seeing from the stars happened millions of years ago. Looking at the night sky is like looking at the past. But the morning sky, on the other hand, is right now. It is in the present and holds the hope of a brand new day and so many new opportunities-- to live, to be happy.

Life is like a tasting plate. You have to try everything...at least once.

I'm told that the Chinese character for catastrophe is the same as that which represents opportunity.

forests exhibit remarkable resilience in the face of disaster. I'm told that the Chinese character for catastrophe is the same as that which represents the word opportunity. And the blowdown, while catastrophic, presented opportunity for many...

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

to Maxfield to get away from the crap I'd put up with all my life in lousy schools. I wasn't going to let a couple

you shouldn't miss opportunities to live life. It could always be your last chance.

Problem solvers, doers. Life hasn't always been kind to them, but it's made them stronger, more determined. Opportunity isn't given, it must be made.

The kind of kid who is meant to suffer for the first twenty years or so, but then would take his software company public at age twenty-one and wind up married to a supermodel and driving a Ferrari.

Unfinished business. An addict's life is filled with such instances. The coulda, woulda, shouldas that will never happen again.

Even our deepest disappointments will ultimately prove to be gatekeepers for future delight.

chances? Nil.

Give Blackwater a chance," Jeremy suggested, opening the refrigerator door and hanging on it again, as if somehow the contents within had changed in the last five minutes.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Or Nada aventurado, nada adquirido

She wasn't running away from anything, she was running to what promised to be a new life; one that didn't include her husband Tim and the Valley Star.

If you go through life with your path greased, you could end up on your ass.

restricted to thirty students.

the widespread illiteracy of Sicily in the 1800s was one reason the class system was fixed in place, denying opportunity and equality to so many.