opportunity quotes

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ”

— Winston Churchill

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

— Winston Churchill

“I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”

— Tony Robbins

“The world is full of opportunities, and I want to try as many as I possibly can.”

— Evangeline Lilly

“Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

— Thomas Alva Edison

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”

— Hippocrates

“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.”

— Franz Kafka

“To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. ”

— Kobe Bryant

“There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.”

— Hillary Clinton

“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

— Maya Angelou

“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.”

— William James

“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.”

— Douglas MacArthur

“I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.”

— Steve Martin

“You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.”

— Barack Obama

“Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.”

— Colin Powell

“Change brings opportunity.”

— Nido Qubein

“I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.”

— Mitt Romney

“We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.”

— Mitt Romney

“Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.”

— Mitt Romney

“Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

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