“The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of our own events, activities and preoccupations. The opportunity for a heroic gesture can tap you quietly on the shoulder in the midst of a holiday bustle. If you are attentive, you will notice the gentle touch and will be able to respond. Remember... There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.” IfsWorldLooksHelpingAbleRememberOpportunityCommunityKindnessEventsActivityQuietDrawsSeasonsShouldersGentleHolidayMidstCompassionateHeroicGesturesFenceChinsPreoccupationActs Of KindnessHoliday SeasonBustleSmall ActsSmall Acts Of KindnessChin UpGentle Touch Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.” DifferentEyeMovingCoursesOpportunitySituationImagineEventsReadyCircumstancesCrisisResponseDefinedAnticipateDifferent Directions Author:David Stern
“We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this caliber in the skating world. It's definitely important to the area because we hear all the time that there are not enough major sporting events in South Jersey. It's a great opportunity to have such an event.” WorldFirstsHas BeensImportantEnoughOpportunityEventsMajorsFirst TimeAreasSouthExcitedJerseySkatingNew JerseyGreat OpportunitySkaterCaliberSporting EventsRosters Author:Susan Ward
“When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers.” KnowsMenSpiritOpportunityWishAbilityKnow HowSuccessfulEventsOffersFortuneConclusionSeize The Opportunity Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Tardiness is next to wickedness in a society relentless in its consumption of time as both a good and a service--as tweet and Instagram, film clip and sound bite, as sporting event, investment opportunity, Tinder hookup, and interest rate--its value measured not by its texture or its substance but by the speed of its delivery, a distinction apparent to Andy Warhol when he supposedly said that any painting that takes longer than five minutes to make is a bad painting.” SaidFilmValuesNextOpportunitySoundInterestFiveMinutesEventsPaintingInvestmentRateSpeedSubstanceDistinctionBitesConsumptionWickednessFive MinutesRelentlessInstagramTextureTweetDeliveryInterest RateClipWarholSound BitesSporting EventsTinderTardiness Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“Cumulative errors depend largely on the big surprises, the big opportunities. Not only do economic, financial, and political predictors miss them, but they are quite ashamed to say anything outlandish to their clients and yet events, it turns out, are almost always outlandish.” BigsPoliticalTurnsOpportunityEconomicMissingEventsDependsErrorsSurpriseFinancialAshamedClientsSay AnythingCumulativeOutlandishBig Surprises Book:The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
“I am honored to be to be part of the biggest sports event in the world. The fact that the Games are returning to their birthplace and to the city where they were revived makes Athens 2004 very special. The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life.” PeopleWorldOpportunitySportsEventsBillionsGlobesHighlights Author:Tiesto
“So yes, this is a show about an adolescent girl, her friends, and various vampires. Vampires writing in diaries, vampires attending high school, vampires investigating various mysterious supernatural events, vampires tormenting each other, vampires eavesdropping on each other, and vampires being sarcastic about other vampires' hairstyles. Vampires embracing every possible opportunity to take off their shirts.” WritingShowsSchoolGirlOpportunityEventsHigh SchoolVariousMysteriousVampireShirtsSarcasticDiariesAttendingHairstylesInvestigatingEavesdroppingBeing Sarcastic Author:Kelly Link
“The power of your thoughts can influence how events turn out. I'm a positive person - when bad things happen, I can see the silver lining. As a result I think I am very lucky, even though I probably have as much bad luck as anyone else, and that translates into seeing opportunity.” ThinkingPersonsI CanHappensTurnsOpportunityResultsSeeingInfluenceEventsLuckyLuckThings HappenSilverBad ThingsTranslateBad LuckBad Things HappenPositive PersonWhen Bad Things Happen Author:Natalie Massenet
“To be sure, not all moments are equally fleeting. Some moments last longer than others. And certain events do reoccur more than once and even recur repeatedly. Sometimes you do get more than one chance. Sometimes you don't. It helps to know how long a window of opportunity you have and if you'll get another chance.” IfsKnowsLongSometimesMomentsHelpingLastsCertainOpportunityChanceKnow HowEventsWindowFleetingAnother ChanceOne ChanceWindow Of Opportunity Author:John Paul Caponigro
“It just depends on what you decide to have in your heart. That's what I've learned. That's where I am at this stage in my life is if we can fill ourselves with love and appreciation for, and be in a state of gratitude... Every event of your life you have an opportunity to be in a state of gratitude for it.” IfsHeartStatesLife IsOpportunityStageEventsDependsGratitudeAppreciationI've LearnedLove And Appreciation Author:Wayne Dyer
“I am very blessed to be able to play tennis, the sport that I love and very grateful for the opportunities to play in the finals of big events, when the season starts you are on the roll constantly and obliged to be committed to daily routines on and off the court.” LovePlayBigsAbleOpportunitySportsEventsSeasonsBlessedGratefulCourtFinalsCommittedTennisObligedAnd OffDaily RoutinesBig Events Author:Roger Federer
“View life as a learning opportunity. Ask God what He wants you to learn from the situations you face. . . . When we set aside specific time to listen, He often encourages us with His presence and promises, and interprets to some degree the circumstances of life. Take advantage of the natural lull after hard times when you're pulling together the pieces to sort through the events and ferret out the lessons.” WantHardGodTogetherFacesAsksOpportunityNaturalViewsSituationPiecesEventsCircumstancesPromiseLessonsDegreesAdvantageHard TimesPullingLullsFerretsPulling Together Author:Jean Fleming
“The Life Cube Burn is cathartic, fun, exciting, and even reverent. It's a spectacular opportunity to put a sense of finality to the event. And when those thousands of written "wish-sticks" inserted into the Cube from all kinds of people combine with the art and shared messaging from the write boards in a blaze of flame and a column of smoke and ashes, it becomes a communal and very spiritual moment.” PeopleWritingKindArtMomentsSpiritualOpportunityFunWishWrittenEventsExcitingSticksAll KindsSmokeFlamesBoardsAshesSpectacularColumnsCubesFinalityCathartic Author:Scott Cohen
“I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them.” StillsStoriesBigsUsedOpportunityGivenSportsInterestFansEventsMy FamilyRoundsLocalsHockeySports FanSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“I would say go for it because it is a fantastic job. It's a wonderful opportunity to go and get involved with sport at whatever level. What I would say is, if you can, go and work with your local radio station covering local sporting events.” IfsJobsOpportunitySportsLevelsWonderfulEventsInvolvedRadioLocalsFantasticStationsGet InvolvedCoveringRadio StationsSporting Events Author:Jill Douglas