Quotes
Quotes about Opportunity
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Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.
Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089 Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.
When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.
Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.
Where there are love and generosity, there is joy. Where there are sincerity and sacrifice, there is friendship. Where there are harmony and simplicity, there is beauty. Where there are prayer and forgiveness, there is peace. Where there are moderation and patience, there is wisdom. Where there are conflicts and crises, there is opportunity. Where there are wonder and adventure, there is growth. Where there are adoration and confession, there is worship. Where there are compassion and concern, there is God. Where there are faith and hope, there is spring.
Failure is opportunity in disguise.
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.
Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.".
Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price represents an opportunity that leads inventors and businesspeople to seek new ways to satisfy the shortages. Some fail, at cost to themselves. A few succeed, and the final result is that we end up better off than if the original shortage problems had never arisen. That is, we need our problems, though this does not imply that we should purposely create additional problems for ourselves.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
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.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart must be satisfied. Those who do good as opportunity offers are sowing seed all the time, and they need not doubt the harvest.
