Quotes About Opportunities

I should recommend...keeping...a small memorandum-book in the breast-pocket, with its well-cut sheathed pencil, ready for notes on passing opportunities, but never being without this.

Keep in mind that when we limit our exposure to information, or when information itself is scarce, our picture of reality suffers. We become oblivious to both opportunities and hazards. Trends become invisible. History disappears. It's really just two sides of the same coin: the first commitment is as much a commitment to gathering information, from as many sources and in as much volume as can constructively be used, as it is a commitment to facing the facts.

Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much.

Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much. You got to live ahead 'cause you're so young, but—it's jus' the road goin' by for me.

There is also the professional mentor, a person whose success in his or her career can be a source of practical wisdom and inspiration. This success might be mea sured in material gain or far-reaching influence, or in lives touched and relationships fostered. These mentors can offer a model for good business, ethical practices, and effective work habits, and they often provide the motivation we need to seize whatever opportunities come our way.

The reason Agatha had never married was that when she was young and had the opportunities she hadn't felt the need, and later, feeling the need, she had no opportunities.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

Marriage takes perseverance and determination. There are always opportunities to walk away from marriage but I feel very strongly that you have a responsibility once you start a family.

When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn't quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all of the possibilities for their daughters.

Heroes and cowards feel the same fear and action creates opportunities.

Life is a common place to make mistakes and sometimes it comes with bitter rewards. Be ready.

Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

Life is often unpredictable. Some of the great moments in your life wont necessarily be the things you do; they'll be things that happen to you.

The wheel of life has many spokes yet so few people ever leave the hub.

As life goes on, there's new challenges that we all have to face, there's more problems for us to solve, there's more mistakes for us to make and to learn from. That's what life is all about.

Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.

Life is an experience full of learning. We make mistakes and then learn from it, we make decisions and learn from it, we make choices and learn from it. Whatever one does in life is a chance for them to learn something new.

In life there's nothing you can't experience without making mistakes. Mistakes are painful but are the best way to experience something.

In life you'll realize there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will teach you, and some will use you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.

Do not invest your whole life in one hope.

When you focus on problems, you have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you will have more opportunities.

Life is a series of choices. The choices we make now affect the options available for the next round of choices.

Life is all about the choices we make, paths we take & decision we make so enjoy it.

You're born, you die, and in between you make a lot of mistakes.