“First, it must be a pleasure to study the human body the most miraculous masterpiece of nature and to learn about the smallest vessel and the smallest fiber. But second and most important, the medical profession gives the opportunity to alleviate the troubles of the body, to ease the pain, to console a person who is in distress, and to lighten the hour of death of many a sufferer.” GivingFirstsHumansPersonsImportantBodyPainScienceOpportunityHoursPleasureStudyTroubleImportanceProfessionMedicalEaseSmallestDistressMasterpieceMiraculousHuman BodyVesselConsoleFiberSufferersAlleviateMedical Profession Author:Rudolf Virchow
“Students should not feel as if they had missed the boat if they failed examinations and should be presented with more opportunities to further their studies.” IfsFeelsShouldOpportunityStudyStudentsBoatExamination Author:Joseph Muscat
“I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done.” BookDoneOpportunityStudyJourneyHairPlanesGood Opportunity Author:Lily Cole
“Whenever you start-give it your best. The opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be someone isn't enough; dreaming about it isn't enough; thinking about it isn't enough. You've got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart and soul, because nobody is going to hand it to you.” ThinkingWantGivingHeartSoulEnoughDreamHandsFightingOpportunityStudyHeart And Soul Author:Colin Powell
“many rules could be made for the giving of orders. Don't preach when you give orders. Don't discuss matters already settled unless you have fresh data. Make your direction so specific that there will be no question whether they have been obeyed or not. Find out how to give directions and yet to allow people opportunity for independent thinking, for initiative. And so on and so on. Order-giving requires just as much study and just as much training as any other skill we wish to acquire.” PeopleThinkingGivingHas BeensMadeMatterOrderOpportunityWishLeadershipStudySkillsTrainingIndependentManagementDataAcquireInitiativeIndependent Thinking Author:Mary Parker Follett
“Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors.” PhilosophyCoursesOpportunityStudyTaughtEconomicsArchitectureProfessorsKnowledgeableRussian History Author:Stanley B. Prusiner
“And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery.” KnowsPlayOpportunityWaitingStudyCollegeTheaterLotteryRacket Author:Tom Hanks
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.” PeopleSometimesMightValuesOpportunityPracticeVirtueStudyMeditationActivityTrainingEssenceTrainVirtuousUnderestimateSessionDharma Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
“I feel when I say I can do something and carry this opportunity to make movies, it's because I took the time to study it. A boxer can't just jump in the ring. You've got to practice and practice and practice.” FeelsI CanOpportunityCan DoPracticeStudyRingsBoxersCan Do Something Author:RZA