Quotes About Opportunity

We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society don't matter at all.

Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.

Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be.

Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter.

Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way. Most seeming failures are just installments toward victory!

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the valley of heartache and disappointment and reverses where men and women grow.

Everybody has own gifts from God. You just need to seize the right time, right place and right person to be found.

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.

My kind of success has come a little bit later in life. I'm not 20 any more and these people I've been working with have been successful and good at what they do for a long time.

Success emerges from the quality of the decisions we make and the quantity of luck we receive. We can't control luck. But we can control the way we make choices.

I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let's open up some doors.

The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Past failures unlock future successes

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job." You have to be always preparing for success.

It's time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.

Failure is part of the process of success.

Money is attracted to great ideas.

Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.

Without knowledge and a workable plan, you are gambling, with little or no chance of success.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.