Quotes about opportunity
opportunity talking goal
The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas. Quentin Bryce
opportunity evil want
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity. Quintilian
opportunity evil doe
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
opportunity mind lost
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
opportunity rude motive
Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it. Quentin Crisp
opportunity blessing past
To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings.
opportunity names use
I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here. Prince Harry
opportunity men shining
No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity. Pliny the Elder
opportunity agriculture too-late
It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
opportunity age together
Dalai Lama has made new opportunities for women that they never had in Tibet, introduced science into the monks' curriculum and had Tibetan students in exile take their classes in English after the age of ten so that they will know more about the outside world. But one of the great things he's done is to bring all the Tibetan groups together in exile, as perhaps they couldn't have been when they weren't in exile and they weren't under such pressure. Pico Iyer
opportunity volcanoes stories
So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression. Phillip Noyce
opportunity giving understanding
The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is. Polykarp Kusch
opportunity church stronger
It is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church. Pope Francis
opportunity class play
When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and an actress when I grew up. I took classes. I was in dance lessons. I took singing lessons. I was in the plays. I took acting lessons. I did different things that continued to keep me ready for this opportunity and ready for all the things that are happening now. Naturi Naughton
opportunity focus entrepreneur
Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well. Naveen Jain
opportunity america envy
The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
opportunity ideas water
There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
opportunity entrepreneur survival
Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
opportunity leader risk
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.
opportunity entrepreneur focus
Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.
opportunity problem reaching
The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away. Moshe Sharett
opportunity benefits life-is
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Mother Teresa
opportunity purpose problem
When you perceive that problems serve a purpose in your life, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise. Peace Pilgrim
opportunity discovery important
The greater opportunity enabled me to make important discoveries and inventions. Philip Emeagwali
opportunity people entrepreneur
As an investor-entrepreneur, I’ve always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking. Peter Thiel
opportunity thinking people
Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts—mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that’s generally suppressed and hidden. As an investor-entrepreneur, I’ve always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.
opportunity happens
Great tech opportunities happen only once.
opportunity past causes
Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.
opportunity years building-up
The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces, putting in some useful work as a squall, building up experience, making contacts, occasionally leaping out on unsuspecting shepherds or blasting quite small oak trees. Now an opening in the weather had given it an opportunity to strut its hour, and it was building up its role in the hope of being spotted by one of the big climates. Terry Pratchett
opportunity magic world
A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore. Terry Brooks
opportunity community quality
The quality of rhetoric emanating from the psychedelic community must improve radically. If it does not, we will forfeit the reclamation of our birthright and all opportunity for exploring the psychedelic dimension will be closed off. Terence McKenna
opportunity appreciate zips
One has, you know, a window of opportunity somewhere between zip and a hundred to solve, or understand, or penetrate, or appreciate, or come to terms with the conundrum of being, this amazing circumstance in which we find ourselves, both individually and collectively.
opportunity self fishing
Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self. Ted Hughes