Quotes about Opportunity

I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

People talk of life's storms as if they are universal experiences. But they're not. Some people hear thunder while others touch lightning.

It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place.

Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.

You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure-or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember, that's where you will find success.