Opportunity Quotes
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I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.
Mary Kom
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The business case for diverse employment is not a matter we can ignore. When the business case merges with values and national objectives, this serves as a wake up call for us all. We cannot ignore the opportunity; we cannot ignore the commitment.
Ofra Strauss
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It doesn't really matter where the opportunity comes from, as long as I have fun doing the work.
Maria Conchita Alonso
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Howard Hughes was obsessed with me. But at first it seemed as if he were offering me a superb career opportunity.
Jane Greer
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Someone once told me: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation'. And that's what I really feel with my music. I've worked really, really hard on it. It was like, 'this is really what I want to do.. what do I have to do to make it work?'
Erica Packer
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Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.
Kurt Masur
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When somebody is enthusiastic about a job opportunity - but gives off the feeling that this is not the only one they have on the table - they become more seductive in the employer's eyes. You become more desirable because it shows that you're making a conscious and thoughtful decision for the right reasons.
Peter Guber
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Google Plus gives you the opportunity to be yourself, and gives Google that common understanding of who you are.
Bradley Horowitz
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Afghanistan remains an opportunity to deal al Qaeda a vital strategic blow, especially since we have abandoned all operations - including counterterrorism operations - in Iraq.
Jack Keane
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Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was a part of that, so my personal feeling is of great gratefulness for having somehow been in a position to have been given the opportunity to be on that first landing. That's a marvelous experience for a little kid that grew up in New Jersey. So I'm very thankful, and I asked the whole world to give thanks once we successfully landed.
Buzz Aldrin
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I was doing just my duty, but that was impacting a lot of people and making them proud. So, I feel so grateful to Allah for giving me that opportunity while I had that chance to make that impact. And thankfully it impacted all the people - more than I realized.
Hakeem Olajuwon
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When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again.
Cleavant Derricks
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Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success.
Austin Phelps
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I learned that with great responsibility often come great honor and opportunity.
Ben Carson
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I enjoyed the drama of 'One Tree Hill,' and the opportunity to be one of the comedic aspects, initially.
Kelsey Chow
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We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.
Christine Gregoire
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Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.
Mark Romanek
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Advertisers now have a highly targeted opportunity for aligning their brands alongside the entertainment experience people are enjoying on YouTube.
Chad Hurley -
I hope I get an opportunity to work with Akshay Kumar and Prabhu Deva, as they are very supportive people.
Kriti Sanon
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One of the perks of my job as a fashion journalist is the travel opportunity.
Derek Blasberg
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To be candid, I think, in retrospect, it was a mistake to work at AOL when I did. I think I had rose-colored glasses about the opportunity to reinvent AOL.
Brad Garlinghouse
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We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.
Bob Taft
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Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not.
Jim Woodring
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Public schooling fosters our common identity as Americans sharing a land of diversity. It promotes the American ideal of opportunity for all, not just some. It cultivates the civic values of respecting individuals as well as collective responsibility.
Randi Weingarten