Opportunity Quotes · Page 227

One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come…

— Henry David Thoreau

For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.

— John Templeton

The best advice I could give someone trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you…

— Bob Newhart

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to…

— Sydney Thompson Dobell

America is a country with so much opportunity. I'm living the blessings of what this country offers.

— Katharine McPhee

All states of mind have different views. On the higher plateau, opportunities will open to you because you can see them.

— Frederick Lenz

This country provides opportunities. If you don't take advantage of them, it's your own fault.

— Sam Huff

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

When the iPhone was first announced, CEO Steve Jobs spewed enough BS to cover a football field full of babies 3 feet…

— Maddox

I love doing action and stuff; the problem is usually action movies are not that interesting. Also as I get older I…

— Willem Dafoe

Most actresses have multiple commitments, from films to endorsements, that require us to maintain a particular look over a long period. Hence,…

— Disha Patani

Not only does work experience provide the opportunity to sample a potential career, but it also builds the essential skills often regarded…

— Esther McVey

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for…

— Kathryn Bigelow

I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to…

— Bill Gates

I used to assist my chachaji in his artificial jewellery business. One day, I got the opportunity to visit V. Shantaram's film…

— Jeetendra

If they are given a real opportunity to affect the performance of local public services by electing the people who run them,…

— Nick Boles

Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding…

— Richard Wiseman

What I’m sorry about is not being a tipsy idiot when you found me. I’m sorry about that, obviously, but more sorry…

— Rachel Cohn

I try to build on our management philosophy. I try to understand what the threats and opportunities are for us. Uh, I…

— Charles Koch

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in…

— Russell Simmons

Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor was going to lead the second industrial revolution. We Chinese could not…

— Stan Shih

Skills-building opportunities should be extended to people outside of the mainstream talent pool. That might include at-risk youth, veterans returning to the…

— Punit Renjen

[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see…

— Penelope Cruz

The number one thing I will take with me is my experience as a social worker who saw what happened to families…

— Kyrsten Sinema

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help…

— Condoleezza Rice

A man's potential for God lies not in his ability, nor in his opportunity, but in his humility before God.

— Jim Berg

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

— John Dewey

When we get hung up on the non-essentials, the essentials have no opportunity to make a significant appearance.

— Dwight Edwards

I had the opportunity to wear Hearts On Fire jewelry on the red carpet and just loved the way their diamonds made…

— Morena Baccarin

China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

— Yoshihiko Noda

We've got something special going here. We want to keep it going. You don't have many opportunities like this, and the window…

— Drew Brees

We are focused on getting Virginians back to work and expanding opportunity across the Commonwealth.

— Glenn Youngkin

Our focus on discrimination against women during the past 30 years has blinded us to opportunities for women.

— Warren Farrell

Being in the pop group Eternal gave me the most wonderful opportunity to travel the world, and I have visited some spectacular…

— Louise Nurding

That's all I've ever wanted in life, not just wrestling, but life. It's just the opportunity to do something with myself.

— Darby Allin

The virus-to-cancer connection is where medicinal mushrooms offer unique opportunities for medical research.

— Paul Stamets

The moment you choose to settle for less, is the moment you're choosing to hand over your opportunity of what you really…

— London Mond

I'm not worried about young people seeing an opportunity and taking advantage of it.

— Todd Phillips

Let us not take what we eat for granted; let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise.

— Dillon Burroughs

When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There will be opportunity for Cuba.

— Carlos Curbelo