Opportunities Quotes

Enjoy our collection of famous opportunities quotes to live by. Opportunities are where you make them and not those that find you. Others believe that opportunity will not be available to them because they are not lucky but the truth is that luck has not anything to do with it. Here is one quote that is a favorite; "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." by Francis Bacon.

Words have a powerful effect on the way we see 'reality'. Choosing to use absolute words like always and never puts tight limits on our possibilities.
Meladee McCarty,
The Daily Journal Of Kindness

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
Janos Arnay, Seize The Day

A negative mental attitude carries with it many related traits - fear, indecision, doubt, procrastination, irritability and anger - which repel people and drive away favourable opportunities.
Napoleon Hill, A Year Of Growing Rich

... life is filled with opportunities to choose between making a big deal out of something or simply letting it go, realizing it doesn't really matter. If you choose your battles wisely, you'll be far more effective in winning those that are truly important.
Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Though some people have much less free time than others, nearly everyone can carve out some opportunity for giving. The gift of time can sometimes be more satisfying and more valuable than money …
Bill Clinton, Giving, How Each Of Us Can Change The World

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
Norman Vincent Peale, The Tough-Minded Optimist

Many people lose the opportunities to be productive because they're not equipped to take advantage of the odd moments and windows of time that open up as they move from one place to another, or when they're in off-site environments.
~ David Allen, Getting Things Done; The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity

Times of chaos and uncertainty can lead to new doors opening, especially when we are willing and able to look for the growth opportunities in a situation rather than simply being overwhelmed by outside circumstances.
Shakti Gawain, The Path Of Transformation; How Healing Ourselves Can Change The World

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.
Hugh Allen

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
William Arthur Ward

Opportunity is a bird that never perches.
Claude McDonald

Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen; men fairly breathe it and do not know it.
Doc Sane

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.
Maltbie Babcock

Nothing is so often irretrievably missed as a daily opportunity.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

You create your opportunities by asking for them.
Patty Hansen

Look for opportunity. You can’t wait for it to knock on the door...You might not be home.
Jinger Heath

If you want to succeed in the world, you must make your own opportunities.
John B. Gough

Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.
B.C. Forbes

Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be.
Grandma Moses




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