Opportunity Quotes
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I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.
Kenan Thompson
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It is only natural that people's wishes and aspirations should be realized by the leaders of the region. As this wind of change blows, it is up to the leaders to seize this opportunity to look for the better future for their own people through bold reforms before it is too late, before the people are forced to take action.
Ban Ki-moon
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Normally, if I'm being acknowledged it is for something in front of the camera. This puts the spotlight on the fact that there are opportunities other than just being an actor.
Melvin Van Peebles
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Your job, as a head coach and general manager, is to listen and not bypass any opportunity to help your team improve.
Josh McDaniels
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China and the Asian territory is an incredible opportunity. We spend a lot of time looking at it, looking for the right partners.
Jon Feltheimer
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I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.
Asdrubal Cabrera
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We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.
Joe Nichols
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Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Thomas A. Edison
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
Lao Tzu
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The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
Margaret Chan
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It is no disgrace to start all over; it is usually an opportunity.
George Madison Adams
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I studied acting throughout high school, then modelling took over because it brought more opportunity. When I quit modelling, coming back to Vancouver, I registered at the University of Victoria.
Cobie Smulders
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A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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If you were offered the opportunity to be TOTALLY happy tomorrow, would you take it? If yes, (and I suspect most of us would say yes) what are you doing TODAY to make tomorrow be a happier day than today?
Brian Tracy
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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
Jesse Jackson
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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Alyce Cornyn-Selby
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When Celtic get an opportunity to go above Rangers they've got to jump at it with both hands.
Alan Mullery
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
Honore de Balzac
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It was the old psychosomatic side-step. Everyone in my family dances it at every opportunity. You've given me a splitting headache! You've given me indigestion! You've given me crotch rot! You've given me auditory hallucinations! You've given me a heart attack! You've given me cancer!
Erica Jong
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Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.
Peter Diamandis
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Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out.
Adrienne Gusoff
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I will do plays as long as they're interested in having me do them. It's the biggest opportunity to learn the most about how to act. Something I discover every time I'm doing one is how little I know about acting - how important the art of listening is, and how important it is to listen with your entire body. You can tell so much of a story with stillness, and a lot of that can be from really actively listening to your scene partner.
Sarah Paulson
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The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.
Deepak Chopra