64 Of The Very Best Opportunity Quotes

~Opportunity Quotes~

1. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty-Winston Churchill

2. You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before-Rahm Emanuel

3. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently-Henry Ford

4. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work-Thomas A. Edison

5. Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door-Kyle Chandler

6. When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity-John F. Kennedy

7. Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage-Niccolo Machiavelli

8. I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that-Gillian Anderson

9. The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself-Sun Tzu

10. One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes-Benjamin Disraeli

11. Ability is nothing without opportunity-Napoleon Bonaparte

12. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual-Albert Einstein

13. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it-Viktor E. Frankl

14. Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better-Harry S. Truman

15. The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity-Ayn Rand

16. Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise-Kobe Bryant

17. Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more-Tony Robbins

18. Change brings opportunity-Nido Qubein

19. Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed-Mwai Kibaki

20. Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people-Jim Rohn

21. Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity-Hippocrates

22. Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is-Bob Feller

23. All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity-Robert Kennedy

24. I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear-Oprah Winfrey

25. If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade-Tom Peters

26. Don’t get too comfortable with who you are at any given time – you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be-Jon Bon Jovi

27. Inside of every problem lies an opportunity-Robert Kiyosaki

28. Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat-Napoleon Hill

29. Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting-Charles Kingsley

30. Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others-Samuel Johnson

31. There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen-Wayne Dyer

32. Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed-Lily Tomlin

33. When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself-Jacques Yves Cousteau

34. Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance-J. Donald Walters

35. Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability-Ho Chi Minh

36. Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength-Betty Friedan

37. The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck-Tony Robbins

38. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door-Milton Berle

39. Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving-Maxwell Maltz

40. If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them-Jack Welch

41. I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living-John D. Rockefeller

42. Your big opportunity may be right where you are now-Napoleon Hill

43. No great man ever complains of want of opportunity-Ralph Waldo Emerson

44. I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it-Denzel Washington

45. Ability is of little account without opportunity-Lucille Ball

46. Opportunity knocks, but doesn’t always answer to its name-Mason Cooley

47. Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent-Jim Rohn

48. Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity-Lyndon B. Johnson

49. Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

50. Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity-Cameron Diaz

51. Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent-Nolan Ryan

52. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes-Benjamin Disraeli

53. The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity-Peter Drucker

54. It’s when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached-Mike Huckabee

55. The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed-minded person-Bo Bennett

56. Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so-Doris Lessing

57. Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future-Ed Markey

58. Life’s up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want-Marsha Sinetar

59. Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin-Victor Kiam

60. I wake up every day and I can’t wait to go to work, and that’s a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way-Tiger Woods

61. May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right-Peter Marshall

62. Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

63. The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more-Jonas Salk

64. Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement-Peter Drucker

 ~Opportunity Quotes~