Quotes about Opportunity

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.

What if you knew you wouldn't fail--what would you do? What if time and money weren't an object--what God-sized goal would you go after? If you're looking for an excuse, you'll always find one. The same is true of opportunity.

The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.

Before you step into what if, you have to get past if only.

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time.

When you are tempted to compromise your integrity, remember than an opportunity isn't an opportunity if you have to compromise your integrity.

Long before God laid the foundation of the earth, He anticipated and provided for everything we'd ever need. You just need to give Him an opportunity to prove Himself faithful.

As Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other!

The author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word "opportunity". It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide.