“See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience. (she steered clear of the traffic jam and went to the bakery she's been meaning to stop at.) She embraces the undeclared possibility in what seems like just another ordinary day. (her friend is scheduled for cancer surgery and suddenly everything around her seems so very precious.)” PeopleLooksSeemsOpportunityClearPossibilityOrdinaryEmbraceCancerBackgroundsNoiseUnexpectedTrafficSurgerySurfingJamInconvenienceTraffic JamBakeriesOrdinary DaysUnexpected PlacesBackground Noise Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“The opportunity for greater courage comes in the most ordinary of moments.” MomentsOpportunityGreaterOrdinaryCourageous Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.” KnowsMadeGovernmentAmericaFatherOpportunityGivenLike YouCitizensOrdinaryExtraordinaryLike MeMade ItExtraordinary ThingsOrdinary ThingsOrdinary Citizens Author:Mia Love
“In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary mediocrity into bright and shining excellence.” KindOpportunityEffortOrdinaryEmbraceShiningExcellenceExtrasEndeavorMediocrityExtra Effort Author:Ralph Marston
“Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is that it wakes us up. We can see the world more clearly and open to new possibilities...And we can find new joy in the ordinary.” WorldJoyOpportunityOur LivesPossibilityOffersDespairOrdinaryCrisisPainfulDenialBest ThingsComing OutTranceNew Possibilities Author:Mary Pipher
“I don't think people are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that's why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingOpportunityFictionOrdinaryAppetiteSmarterNon FictionLimited Time Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The meaning of geography is as much a sealed book to the person of ordinary intelligence and education as the meaning of a great cathedral would be to a backwoodsman, and yet no cathedral can be more suggestive of past history in its many architectural forms than is the land about us, with its innumerable and marvellously significant geographic forms. It makes one grieve to think of opportunity for mental enjoyment that is last because of the failure of education in this respect.” ThinkingPersonsBookWould BeLastsPastFormOpportunityLandOrdinarySignificantGrievingEnjoymentGeographyCathedralsIntelligence And Education Author:William Morris Davis
“The most ordinary Negro is a distinct gentleman, but it takes extraordinary training and opportunity to make the average white man anything but a hog.” MenOpportunityWhiteTrainingOrdinaryExtraordinaryAverageGentlemanWhite ManHog Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing.” IfsWorldWayLooksPersonsSeemsMotivationalOpportunityEffortAttitudeSituationPossibilityOrdinaryConsciousAdvantageLuckOpeningOne WayNew Opportunity Author:Ken Robinson
“My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always lived up to their promise, and that's why I will only sign my name to an agreement that helps ordinary Americans get ahead, the bill put forward today would help us write those rules in a way that avoids the mistakes from our past, seizes opportunities for our future and stays true to our values.” WayWritingHelpingTodayPastValuesOpportunityNamesDealsSecretMistakeHavensPromiseOrdinaryTradeBillsPrioritiesAgreementOur FutureOur PastNegotiationExpandingStay TrueGet AheadHardworkingTop PrioritiesSeize The Opportunity Author:Barack Obama
“I always enjoyed doing monster books. Monster books gave me the opportunity to draw things out of the ordinary. Monster books were a challenge - what kind of monster would fascinate people?” PeopleKindBookOpportunityChallengesDrawsOrdinaryMonstersEnjoyed Author:Jack Kirby