Opportunity Quotes

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." "The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions." "When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." "Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." "Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more" "Don't wait. The time will never be just right." "Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat." "Your big opportunity may be right where you are now." "I'm nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible." "If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table." "To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself." "I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage." "Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, luckier you become." "If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got." "Everything negative—pressure, challenges—is all an opportunity for me to rise." "Work. Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere." "I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot." "Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it." "Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge."