Opportunity Quotes
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I can remember when I first started out,I weighted maybe 195 soaking wet. I didn't know a wristlock from a hammerlock, but I thought I knew everything. I was just a dumb kid at the time. Boy, did I learn in a hurry! The independents gave me that opportunity to get better.
Al Snow
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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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Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.
Bob Taft
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People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
Bob Iger
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Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts.
Kevin McCloud
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I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender. I'm happy to go at anything that has a cause to be laughed at.
David Dobkin
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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We march on toward the realization of the American Dream. We are not diverted by those who would deny opportunity based on what we look like or where we came from or who would deny equality based on who we love.
Donna Brazile
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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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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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It was something that if we practiced well the first couple days down here we knew this was going to be a day off. We met a little bit but it was an opportunity to let the kids get their legs back.
Bret Bielema
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'Sabotage' was an opportunity. That was journeyman work, but the irony is I learned more off that movie on what filmmaking is and isn't than everything else combined. A lot of lessons, and it will impact me for the rest of my career.
David Ayer
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I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.
Oprah Winfrey
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And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy.
Jerry Moran
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I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.
Kristen Stewart
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Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.
David Jeremiah
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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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I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.
Allan McNish
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I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.
Joe Torre
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I think people get excited about summer wardrobes and what they will wear on holiday, and people have an opportunity to wear things that they don't normally wear when they're in the city.
Jade Jagger
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No one should be denied the opportunity to choose his or her spouse. It is a basic human right and deeply personal decision.
Jared Polis
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Potential is universal, opportunity is not.
Wes Moore
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We now have a great opportunity to put land to good use, to take it out of those hands, lazy hands I might say, and put it into the working hands of our people.
Cyril Ramaphosa
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Each country is different. Keep an open mind, and you will able to find where the niche entry level lies - the areas where there are gaps. You have to keep an ear to the ground, and you can find a business opportunity.
Binod Chaudhary