Quotes about opportunity
opportunity entertainment committed
Mobile entertainment is a huge opportunity. We are committed to mobile just as much as we are to PCs. Robert Glaser
opportunity circles done
The Genius Pattern = Thy will be done with my talents with my circles of influence with the opportunities that are laid out in front of me to bless the world. Robert G. Allen
opportunity people luck
The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't. Richard Wiseman
opportunity want-something people
Unlucky people are stuck in routines. When they see something new, they want no part of it. Lucky people always want something new. They're prepared to take risks and relaxed enough to see the opportunities in the first place. Richard Wiseman
opportunity people luck
Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind. Richard Wiseman
opportunity excellence quality
He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities. Samuel Johnson
opportunity giving delay
The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit. Samuel Johnson
opportunity tears tasks
To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited power: yet the opportunities which every day affords of relieving the most wretched of human beings are overlooked and neglected with equal disregard of policy and goodness. Samuel Johnson
opportunity interesting risk
In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing. Sam Zell
opportunity done
Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else. Sam Walton
opportunity america cost-of-living
We're all working together; that's the secret. And we'll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we'll give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished ; we've just begun. Sam Walton
opportunity ideas listening
I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period. Sam Walton
opportunity may matter
Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity. Sam Altman
opportunity borders deeds
Historically, and since, 1520, eighteen Treaties have been concluded between the Persian State and its western neighbours regarding its relations therewith including the question of borders. On all occasions, the Persian State chose the opportunity to violate the said Treaties whether by word or deed. Saddam Hussein
opportunity storytelling commerce
I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling. Ruzwana Bashir
opportunity ideas two
There is this idea in Hollywood, and I've seen it work for people, where the unspoken rule is 'Do two for them and one for yourself.' And that's kind of considered a fact. I've never really found that to be true for me. I've gotten more opportunities out of working on things I believed in than I ever did on things that weren't special to me. Ryan Gosling
opportunity life-and-death passing-away
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world. Ruth Ozeki
opportunity doors people
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. Rufus Sewell
opportunity doors who-you-know
Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know. Rumer Willis
opportunity power-of-words frail
Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words. Ruhollah Khomeini
opportunity obstacles oppurtunity
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
opportunity men names
He that tears away a man's good name tears his flesh from his bones, and, by letting him live, gives him only a cruel opportunity of feeling his misery, of burying his better part, and surviving himself.
opportunity luxury actors
As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series. Vincent Piazza
opportunity choices want
You can create whatever you want. You just have to know what you want and take the opportunities as they come your way. We are who we choose to be. Will Smith
opportunity errors encounters
Businesses always have opportunities to improve service, product lines, manufacturing techniques, and the like, and obviously these opportunities should be seized. But a business that constantly encounters major change also encounters many chances for major error Warren Buffett
opportunity swings waiting
Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39! And nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity. All day you wait for the pitch you like; then, when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it. Warren Buffett
opportunity interesting balance
We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. Warren Buffett
opportunity investing encounters
A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem. Warren Buffett
opportunity long management
A market downturn, doesn't bother us. For us and our long term investors, it is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices. Only for short term investors and market timers is a correction not an opportunity. Warren Buffett
opportunity years effort
In earlier years, a lesser effort produced literally dozens of comparable opportunities. It is difficult to be objective about the causes for such diminution of one's own productivity. Three factors that seem apparent are: (1) a somewhat changed market environment; (2) our increased size; and (3) substantially more competition. Warren Buffett
opportunity interesting long
We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. This conservatism has penalized our results but it is the only behavior that leaves us comfortable, considering our fiduciary obligations to policyholders, depositors, lenders and the many equity holders who have committed unusually large portions of their net worth to our care. Warren Buffett
opportunity america flow
Money will always flow toward opportunity, and there is an abundance of that in America. Warren Buffett
opportunity buffets causes
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. Warren Buffett