Quotes about Opportunity
The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. We're dealt certain cards at birth, and we play our hand; some of us lose, but others may play skillfully from the same bad hand and triumph.
— Isabel Allende
I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything about.
— Joel Osteen
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
— Confucius
The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.
— Anonymous
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
— Duke Ellington
Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate circumstances.
— William James
None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting to change all the tenor of our lives.
— Kathleen Norris
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
— Samuel Johnson
Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.
— James A. Garfield
He who forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.
— Anonymous
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
— Epictetus