“I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.” IfsStillsPlayUsedOpportunityFiveSixSeasons Author:Steve Finley
“I was really lucky. I had a really great opportunity. I went to an all girls, very small private school from seventh grade all the way to graduating. It was so wonderful because the focus was school at school...and during the week I could be that nerdy bookworm of a girl, and do six hours of homework at night.” WaySchoolNightGirlOpportunityHoursFocusWonderfulWeekLuckySixGradesGraduatesReally GreatHomeworkGreat OpportunityNerdyPrivate SchoolSeventh GradeBookworms Author:Sophia Bush
“Over the past six years [since implementing RIMS] we have added very few additional full-time jobs, but we have brought in $120 million of new business . . . These efficiencies have really given us the ability to take advantage of new opportunities and expand our business.” YearsJobsPastOpportunityGivenAbilityMillionsSixAdvantageEfficiencyOver The PastRimsNew OpportunityNew BusinessFull Time JobsImplementing Author:Don Richardson
“Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by the death of ex-Secretary of the Interior [Franklin K.] Lane. He remained in public service, doing most noble work, until his means became absolutely exhausted, and he died before having had the opportunity to reaccumulate any bank account.... He died leaving no estate whatsoever. Is what he did leave more to be desired, more to be coveted, than a fortune reaching into six or seven figures?” MeanOpportunityNationsFiguresGratitudeSixAccountsDiedFortuneSevenLeavingNobleEsteemReachingWorthwhileSecretaryEstatesEarningExhaustedInteriorsExesPublic ServiceLanesFranklinBank Accounts Author:B. C. Forbes
“Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was a part of that, so my personal feeling is of great gratefulness for having somehow been in a position to have been given the opportunity to be on that first landing. That's a marvelous experience for a little kid that grew up in New Jersey. So I'm very thankful, and I asked the whole world to give thanks once we successfully landed.” WorldGivingFirstsLittlesHas BeensWholeFeelingsKidsWantedOpportunityGivenPositionGrewMoonSixGrew UpSevenWhole WorldThanksMarvelousLittle KidJerseyLandingNew JerseyGratefulnessPersonal FeelingsVery Thankful Author:Buzz Aldrin
“When someone walks in and you say "a six-foot-tall man," you miss the opportunity to describe what a six-foot-tall man would look like to your narrator, because how the narrator describes a six-foot-tall man says more about the narrator than about the man.” MenLooksOpportunityWalksFeetMissingHe ManSixTallNarrators Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Never pass up an opportunity to speak a kind word of appreciation. There are six billion people on the planet, and 5.9 billion of them go to bed every night starving for one honest word of appreciation.” PeopleKindNightOpportunitySpeakHonestAwarenessPlanetsBedSixAppreciationBillionsEvery NightStarvingKind Words Book:The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose