“Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.” PeopleIfsLifeGivingMotivationalSuccessOpportunityForcePowerfulAcceptingFailingWillingBlessingEssentialsHandleBitterMost PowerfulDisguisePillsBounceBlessings In Disguise Author:Joseph Sugarman
“I like TV, I feel comfortable there and I'm willing to take every opportunity that's offered to me.” FeelsOpportunityWillingTvsComfortable Author:Sofia Vergara
“The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.” PeopleThinkingGivingHardOpportunityEconomyWillingHard WorkCommittedMeritInherent Author:Lee R. Raymond
“When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs-in the service of birthing women, not their master.” EnoughHelpingMovingOpportunityRealizingInspiringResponsibilityTechnologyWillingMastersBirthAssumingThought ProvokingPregnancyChildbirthGreat OpportunityGiving BirthTrue PowerBirthing Author:Christiane Northrup
“Each situation has to be handled as a unique situation. But I think if you want your guys to stay in school and graduate and one of these opportunities comes along, you have to be willing to work with him, you have to give a little.” IfsThinkingWantGivingLittlesSchoolGuyOpportunitySituationWillingUniqueGraduatesUniquenessStay In School Author:Charlie Weis
“None of us is promised tomorrow... So whenever an opportunity has presented itself for me I'm willing to take it.” OpportunityWillingTomorrowMma Author:Mark Hunt
“Men are just as willing as women to marry up, and life is now giving them the opportunity to do so. So, women, own up to your accomplishments, buy him a drink, and tell him what you really do.” MenGivingLife IsOpportunityWillingDrinkAccomplishment Author:Liza Mundy
“Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.” ShouldIdeasHelpingGovernmentAmericaFallOpportunityBeliefNationsHurtInfluenceWillingBrotherPromiseResponsibleFundamentalsMy BrotherMy SisterKeepersMy Sister's Keeper Author:Barack Obama
“People who get higher pay are more willing to relocate--especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest... A corporate secretary may change companies in the same town; a corporate executive is more likely to change towns with the same company. A talented corporate secretary sees an invitation to relocate as an invitation; a future corporate executive sees an invitation to relocate as an opportunity--and an obligation.” PeopleMayOpportunityPayCompanyWillingHigherTownsObligationCorporateExecutivesSecretaryLocationInvitationsGetting HighUndesirable Author:Warren Farrell
“The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede; and when constant companionship ceases to suit the convenience of both parties, the chances are that it will be dropped on the first favourable opportunity.” PeopleMindFirstsTurnsOpportunityFriendshipChancePleasurePartyWillingDependsCircumstancesConstantCeaseSuitsIntimacyCompanionshipSentimentalConvenienceChances Are Book:Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) Source: Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)
“I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material.” IfsThinkingJobsOpportunityActingGoneWillingMaterialsVery HappyGood JobBugs Author:Stephen Lang
“The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations.” GovernmentOpportunityWillingEvidenceAssumingDefinitionsExtremesContestsAccusation Author:Glenn Greenwald
“We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.” PersonsCultureOpportunityWillingSmartDollarsBoringPursuitDumbFascinatingLots Of MoneyReally SmartReally Dumb Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Children of God should not make a general confession by acknowledging their innumerable sins in a vague manner, because such confession does not provide conscience opportunity to do its perfect work. They ought to allow the Holy Spirit through their conscience to point out their sins one by one. Christians must accept its reproach and be willing, according to the mind of the Spirit, to eliminate everything which is contrary to God.” ShouldMindChildrenDoeChristianSpiritOpportunitySinPerfectAcceptingWillingOughtHolyConscienceContraryHoly SpiritConfessionVagueChild Of GodReproachPerfect Work Book:The Spiritual Man Source: The Spiritual Man
“It's not enough to have a dream, Unless you're willing to pursue it. It's not enough to know what's right, Unless you're strong enough to do it. It's not enough to learn the truth, Unless you also learn to live it. It's not enough to reach for love, Unless you care enough to give it Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.” IfsKnowsMenWayGivingEnoughDreamCareOpportunityStrongCourageWillingPursueStrong Enough Author:Samuel Smiles
“I still believe we wasted a golden opportunity to make significant changes in our country. I think people in America would have been ready and willing to do it, but the Bush administration took a kind of simplistic, almost moronic approach to it, all because people were so afraid.” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindHas BeensStillsCountryAmericaOpportunityWillingReadyApproachSignificantGoldenOur CountryAdministrationI Still BelieveSignificant ChangeGolden Opportunity Author:Paul Auster