Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
Opportunity Quotes
The Chinese call luck opportunity and they say it knocks every day at your door. Some people hear it; some do not. It’s not enough to hear opportunity knock. You must let him in, greet him, make friends and work together.
Effective people are not problem-minded; they’re opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Unfortunately, regret is a part of human existence. To defeat it, you must confront your fears before the opportunity is lost. If you wait, the regret will eat away at you for the rest of your life.
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The beauty of America is its mission that every person be allowed the opportunity to attain success, to work their way up and down the economic ladder based on their own effort. When we neglect that ladder, decay begins to rot away at its rungs.
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness.
I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.
