Opportunity Quotes

One either rises to an occasion or succumbs to it.

All I need is the opportunity,' I said confidently. He smiled. 'Seventeen's very young, and you look even younger.' I shrugged off-handedly. 'That's a question of make-up.' Karno laughed. That shrug, he told Sydney later, got me the job.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity.

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

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

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.

Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.

We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young.

Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.