A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society.

I have always been very much struck by the advantage enjoyed by people who lived at an earlier period of the world than one's own. They had the first opportunity of saying the right thing. Over and over again it has happened to me to think of something which I thought was worth saying, only to find that it had been already exploited, and very often spoiled, before I had an opportunity of saying it.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.