In our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always…

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives.

— Ernst Hanfstaengl

I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to…

— Napoleon Hill

“There aren’t always great things to do, and sometimes we maximize our contribution by being discerning and relatively inactive. Patient opportunism – waiting for…

— Howard Marks

The plan itself is opportunism. There is no plan before that.

— Warren Buffett

No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid side. What passes for cooperation turns out to be…

— Michael Ghiselin

There is a tide in the affairs of men

— William Shakespeare

Nowhere has truth such a short life as in Sicily; a fact has scarcely happened five minutes before its genuine kernel has vanished, been…

— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I…

— Margaret Chase Smith

Opportunism towards knowledge is a utilitarian demand that knowledge must be immediately practical. Just like with sociology where we hope its purpose is to…

— Wang Jianwei

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

— Abraham Lincoln

It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways.

— Fernando Perez

Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse.…

— Oliver E. Williamson

A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable…

— Vladimir Lenin

“As is the way in political matters, all were convinced that the interests of the community and their own personal interests were one and…

— Anonymous