Quotes on Opportunity

Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness. Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Value investing is simple to understand but difficult to implement. Value investors are not supersophisticated analytical wizards who create and apply intricate computer models to find attractive opportunities or assess underlying value. The hard part is discipline, patience, and judgment. Investors need discipline to avoid the many unattractive pitches that are thrown, patience to wait for the right pitch, and judgment to know when it is time to swing.

Your prayers are your light; _x000D_ _x000D_ Your devotion is your strength;_x000D_ _x000D_ Sleep is the enemy of both. _x000D_ _x000D_ Your life is the only opportunity that life can give you._x000D_ _x000D_ If you ignore it, if you waste it,_x000D_ _x000D_ You will only turn to dust.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.

I'd like to try to inspire the youth, that's obviously where our future is and the kids are the ones you can mould and you can give them ideas and opportunities and I'd like to try to inspire all the young kids because I had a dream when I was young, that was to play for Australia.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

Your greatest adversary is also your greatest teacher. Like it or not, it is the job of certain people to bring out the worst in you. What they trigger is already in you. They are here to reveal the sore, tender wounded places in your heart and mind, and they are providing you with a wonderful and divine opportunity for healing.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious character among private persons; the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.