Opportunity Quotes

I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL.

Darius Philon
- Player
- Never
- Decided
I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting.

Natalie Portman

Determine your future now by taking hold of every opportunity.

Debbye Turner
I am thrilled to become international 'Vogue' editor at Conde Nast International, which has a real commitment to journalistic excellence, and to have the opportunity to write for a wider global audience through the 'Vogue' websites.

Suzy Menkes
Your friends will need you, too, someday. Maybe not in the same way, maybe not in cash and shelter, but they'll need you - to listen without judging, to invite them over when they're lonely, to show up for their events, to register in whatever way matters to them that they matter to you. Be on the lookout for these opportunities to give back, and do whatever is in your power not to miss many of them.

Carolyn Hax
- Missing
- Lonely
- Judging
Don't preach too much to your pupils or abound in good talk in the abstract. Lie in wait rather for the practical opportunities, be prompt to seize those as they pass, and thus at one operation get your pupils both to think, to feel, and to do.

William James
- Thinking
- Waiting
- Lying
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Thomas A. Edison
- Opportunity
- Ability
- More
If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts, and the best parts make the greatest actors. There are plenty of people who are as talented, who just never got the part.

Tom Hollander