Quotes about Opportunity
They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
— Judges 18:9
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
— Proverbs 3:27
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
— Proverbs 18:16
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
— Proverbs 22:29
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
— Ecclesiastes 9:11
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
— Isaiah 43:19
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
— Isaiah 54:2
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
— Isaiah 55:6
But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
— Jeremiah 40:4
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
— Matthew 20:3
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
— Matthew 20:6