For Opportunity Quotes
Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.
I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.
People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.
The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.
If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.
Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.
We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.
I loved watching Ken Griffey Jr play for the Mariners and when he was trade to the Reds I was especially excited to get the opportunity to watch him play in person.
I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.
We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.
Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.
The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.
We were not just competitors and colleagues, we were friends. We had a lot of opportunities to reflect on this in the last year. It was a competitive brotherhood.
Most extraordinary success includes first having to overcome extraordinary adversity. See your challenges as opportunities to become better.
Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.
Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.
I think it's good that opportunity, like circumstances, can really affect what you do and you have no control over it.
Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.
Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity.
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
If you can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, you can be present with it. It is of the present moment, and so it brings to you the opportunity to be present with it.
All the opportunities you let slip by! The idea, the inspiration just doesn´t come fast enough. Instead of being open, you´re closed up tight. That´s the worst sin of all - the sin of omission.
I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them.
Everyone faces difficulties; not everyone looks for the opportunities in every difficulty.
I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.
The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.
Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining.
Many people who live in the USA feel blessed to live in a free country with many opportunities. For this reason, many try to come to the USA, and few ever wish to leave it.
That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.
Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.
Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!
The more opportunities we have, the more likely we are to be able to handle the unexpected.
I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.
Learn to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life... if we look closely we see they... bring us just the right information at just the right time.
If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet will become as commonplace in the office as the telephone.
Ive learned the truth in these sayings: Luck is when opportunity meets preparation and The right project will find you.
Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before, my own power, and my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.
Where one is hopelessly undecided as to what to say, there (as Confucius would have said, if they had given him the opportunity) silence is golden.
