Opportunity Quotes

Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy.

When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.

Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there.

All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.

I think that as the market moves and costs get higher and fares get higher, it always creates opportunity. That's been the cycle over the years.

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.

So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!

Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well

Don't judge people you don't know. You have no idea what they've been through, and you may waste an opportunity to make a new friend.

Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing.

The only time you truly make a mistake is when you commit a "mis-take," that is, you "miss-taking" the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson from your seemingly malfunctional experience.

No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

Those who spread their sails in the right way to the winds of the earth will always find themselves born by a current towards the open seas.

All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.

Someone says, 'oh, you know what? I'm going to give you a shot to see what you can do', and you've been praying for a promotion, now someone gives you an opportunity, that's a miracle.

The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed, by, as a loss of power.

I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.

If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find an opportunity there, to grow internally in wisdom in every trial we face.

If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone.

I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.

Everything you need you already have.

By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.

Stress is an unstranformed opportunity for empowerment.

Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

Opportunity is ever worth expecting; let your hood be ever hanging ready. The fish will be in the pool where you least imagine it to be.

I'm all about working. I'm a really hard worker, and I'm taking advantage of all those different opportunities, on the music and acting side, because I love both.

In chaos, there is opportunity.

It is entirely possible that Limbaugh himself never needed contraception in college, but virtue in the absence of opportunity is hardly a moral triumph.

I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.

The stars remind us every night that we have the opportunity to create heaven on earth. from The Expected One

Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.

We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy.

Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.

Know thy opportunity.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something.

The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].

Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.

I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too.

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.