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Opportunity Quotes



"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."



"An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life."


"When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."


"Life in Britain had seemed like one long antechamber to a room that had too many barriers to entry, here in the USA it seemed to be true that if you dared to give things 'your best shot' then the other much-used phrases like 'land of opportunity' would kick in as well."


"It's not about inviting great things into our lives. Rather, it's about accepting the invitation of great things to step out of our lives."


"When the boat is waiting for you, when the rows are waiting for you, when the calm sea is waiting for you, when the sun is waiting for you, when everything is ready to help you to move forward, be there or those who wait will go away!"


"Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you."



"No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better."


"Each new day offers the chance to start afresh, to achieve those things you most desires."



"Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword."


"Opportunity always knocks, it depends on whether we perceive it as noise or the music of opportunity."


"Loss is the uninvited door that extends us an unexpected invitation to unimaginable possibilities."



"To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life."



"Getting fired from work is not a death sentence."


"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."


"Don't lose your time gazing at the spilled milk. There are other cows to milk."


"It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that."


"We're constantly presented with opportunity, or the opportunity to create opportunity."


"There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don't let it go, grab it."


"Often doors of opportunity are opened, but few opt to walk through them."


"Other opportunities arise from time to time that almost don't accord with the overall situation, opportunities whereby a word, a glance, a sigh of trust may achieve more than a lifetime of exhausting endeavour."


"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."


"One who doesn't recognise an opportunity is bigger loser than one who tries his hand at an opportunity."


"Just like watering the field will cause both the desired seed and the undesirable weed to germinate, the opportunities for your mission in life will be equally presented with real-life threats."



"But how can I get enough experience if they don't give me a chance to get experience?"


"One who swims with the tide and not the other side will benefit from the opportunity that flows."


"Opportunity will always meet you exactly where you stand."


"Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests."


"Because a door slammed shut, we assume that our dreams were slammed shut with it. Yet before we surrender to a closed door, it might be wise to take a moment and consider the fact that any dream is far too big not to have a couple of back doors."


"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."


"The opportunities that can be envisioned then created are endless."



"It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players."


"Opportunity is not a rock, it is a bird! You either catch it or you miss it!"


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



"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."


"There's a profit attached to every problem. Find it, face it and fix it."



"The world has been given a treasure through which its inhabitants can attain greatness if they so desire."


"Infinite potential exists for what actions can be taken."


"The latent abundance of your inner most resources matters less. What matter most is the impact you can make with your inner resources and the distinctive footprints you can leave with what is within you. The excuse not to dare is there for everybody. When you see so many people crowded at the entrance, think of the roofing and if the roofing is too high, think of the next door and if the next door is not penetrable, create a door within the wall."


"Renewable ethanol represents a clear opportunity to grow a significant portion of our own fuel locally and begin to break the hold imported fuels have on us."


"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."


"When life gives you a second chance, don't just run with it fly."


"The big miracle you await will likely first appear in a small encounter or chance event. So always be aware and open, you never know what today will bring."


"Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ...'(Rapunzel glares)'Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that."


"Today is the day you've been waiting for."


"Every good and great idea must have a good window and doors."



"Timing clicking together, finally, pieces falling into place."


"Every new day is an opportunity to grow your love."
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