Home / Topics / Opportunity Quotes

Opportunity Quotes

Browse 9928 quotes about Opportunity.

Opportunity Quotes

“We in the network world are used to having time constraints and saying only what you have already thought through 150 times, because you don't have that much expansive opportunity.”

World Used Opportunity Constraints

Author:Chris Cuomo

“Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the usual entertainment. I think it's important to give the opportunity to people to witness the life of somebody who was not public.”

People Thinking Giving Important Sometimes Used Opportunity Interesting Seeing Entertainment Witness Ingredients Usual

Author:Michel Gondry

“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.”

Ifs Stills Play Used Opportunity Five Six Seasons

Author:Steve Finley

“I was quite straight-laced. I was quite academic until I was about 14 and then I went to boarding school where I had the opportunity to continue to be very academic, but got less interested in it and became more involved in acting. And then when I was applying for universities I used a couple of places on my UCAS form to apply for drama school without telling anyone... but didn't get into drama school. But that was the most rebellious thing I did.”

School Form Used Opportunity Acting Couple Involved Drama University Academic Rebellious

Author:Carey Mulligan

“If God causes you to suffer much it is a sign that He has great designs for you and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.”

“I think the opportunity to deal with students and getting them properly oriented on science and theology and the relation between those is going to be important because science has been such an instrument used by the materialists to undermine the Christian faith and religious belief generally.”

Thinking Has Beens Important Christian Used Opportunity Belief Religious Deals Students Relation Instruments Theology Christian Faith Religious Belief

Author:William A. Dembski

“I'm just naturally gravitating towards different things. As you mature, different subject matters. And as you're older, you can't play as many parts, or you shouldn't be playing the parts that you used to play. But also there's the opportunity to play parts that you couldn't have.”

Different Matter Play Used Opportunity Subjects Different Things Mature Subject Matter Different Subjects

Author:Clint Eastwood

“When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.”

“I love school, but when I was going to school, I sort of used it as an opportunity to figure out what I love to do.”

School Used Opportunity Figures

Author:Christa B. Allen

“I used to have all these plans and think “Ah, I have my whole life figured out”, but then I realized no matter how much I plan: life happens! So I find myself living day to day trying to do my best, embracing every moment as a learning opportunity and chance to get to know myself a little more.”

Thinking Knows Trying Littles Matter Whole Moments Happens Used Opportunity Chance Plans I Realized Whole Life Day To Day Life Happens

Author:Q'orianka Kilcher

“Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.”

Used Opportunity Meditation Activity Daily Activities

Author:Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

“I used to think the reason I'd like to stop letting fear run my life was that it felt so bad to be afraid, and also that it was pointless - possibly wasted, if the feared thing never did materialize. But now that fear has packed its miserable bags and is running out the door, making slamming noises to call attention to itself, I begin to see how much room fear has occupied. What opportunity opens up!”

Ifs Thinking Reason Running Used Opportunity Felt Fear Rooms Attention Doors Noise Miserable Bags Pointless

Book:The Freedom of Being: At Ease with What Is

Source: The Freedom of Being: At Ease with What Is

“We used to be so proud that our country offered far more economic opportunities than the feudal system in Great Britain, with its royal family, princesses and dukes. But social mobility in the UK is higher than in the US. Our social rift is as big as it was in the 1920s.”

Country Bigs Used Opportunity Social Economic Proud Higher Used To Be Our Country Britain Princess Royal Dukes Great Britain Mobility Royal Family Rift Social Mobility Feudal System

Author:Robert Reich

“There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to be. The opportunities to tell stories, because of the opportunities to show content. And so it's drawing actors from cinema, movie actors, actors to where there's a lot of opportunities to where you can tell stories.”

Writing Character Stories Shows Used Actors Opportunity Television Drawing Used To Be Cinema Great Writing Movie Actors

Author:Keanu Reeves

“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.”

Stills Stories Bigs Used Opportunity Given Sports Interest Fans Events My Family Rounds Locals Hockey Sports Fan Sporting Events

Author:Jill Douglas