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Opportunity Quotes
"My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen."
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"It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together."
33
"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."
24
"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
20
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
19
"Never surrender opportunity for security."
19
"The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don't worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it's not the same ball."
18
"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
15
"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."
8
"I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity."
8
"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
7
"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
7
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
7
"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."
7
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade."
6
"So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me."
6
"I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas."
5
"Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty."
5
"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."
5
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength."
5
"When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever."
4
"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire."
4
"When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity."
4
"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
4
"For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity."
4
"I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful."
4
"The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses."
4
"It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV."
4
"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."
4
"I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us."
4
"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."
4
"Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century."
4
"With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly."
4
"I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to."
3
"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."
3
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."
3
"Ability is nothing without opportunity."
3
"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
3
"America is another name for opportunity."
3
"The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."
3
"An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life."
3
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
3
"If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it."
3
"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."
3
"May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right."
3
"Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth."
3
"You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together."
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