"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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Quotes on OPPORTUNITY


"A woman who walks with purpose doesn't have to chase people or opportunities. Her light causes people and opportunities to pursue her." ~Dr. Farrah Gray

"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” ~Bettie Friedan

“But sometimes illumination comes to our rescue at the very moment when all seems lost; we have knocked at every door and they open on nothing until, at last, we stumble unconsciously against the only one through which we can enter the kingdom we have sought in vain a hundred years - and it opens.” ~Marcel Proust, "In Search of Lost Time."

"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent." -Dr. Laurence J. Peter

"Every day is a new opportunity for joy, learning, and growth. Make every second count. Live with passion." ~Susan Shumsky

"Everyday is perfect because each living day gives us the opportunity to grow." ~Yesu Ben

"Every day, Life gives you another opportunity to begin again... with a little more wisdom and experience than you had yesterday." ~Ruth McPherson

“Every problem is a character-building opportunity “ ~Rick Warren

"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it." ~Viktor Frankl

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." ~Henry Ford

"Find your passion and your discipline and let them meet opportunity." ~Bill Courtney 

"Float like clouds in the sky.
They're really attracted to people. 
If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person." 
~Reid Hoffman 

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." ~Khalil Gibran, from SAND AND FOAM (1926)

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~William Arthur Ward

"Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them." ~Charles Caleb Colton

"Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us everyday." ~Rick Warren

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily." ~Sally Koch

"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." ~Hippocrates

"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Everyone has bad breaks, but everyone also has opportunities. People who can smile at their breaks and grab their chances get on." ~Samuel Goldwyn

"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." ~Thomas J. Peters

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." ~Milton Berle

‪"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared." ~Whitney Young Jr.‬

"It is impossible to comfort others without feeling more settled and calm yourself. Tonight be open to that opportunity and when it appears, say “yes!” ~Begin with Yes

"Life's true gift lies in your freedom to design it beautifully. With each rise of the sun, you get to chase the opportunity to fill your days with meaning—to live your life the way you choose." ~from Success dot com via Haizer Adrias Libcat, FB

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" ~Seneca (Roman philosopher)

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nobody gets through life without losing someone they love, someone they need, or something they thought was meant to be. But it is this losses that make us stronger and eventually move us toward future opportunities." ~Quotes Gate

"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner,
waiting to change all the tenor of our lives." ~Kathleen Norris

"Opportunity is a bird that never perches.” ~Claude Maxwell MacDonald

"Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment." ~Ambrose Bierce

"Opportunity is the door to your future. Act and grow in a new direction or the door closes and you feel stuck." ~Cheryl Janecky

"Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter." ~B.C. Forbes

"Reading opens doors to a world of choice and opportunity." ~The Indigenous Literacy Foundation

"Science and experience have also shown that no race is inherently superior to others, and this myth has been equally exploded whenever blacks and whites are given equal opportunity for development." ~Nelson Mandela from an essay entitled 'Whither the Black Consciousness Movement', written on Robben Island, 1978 ‪LTL

"Sometimes, a break from a preoccupation offers an opportunity for learning, and maybe, even relearning." ~Bryan Ng Co

"Sometimes we are limited more by attitude than by opportunities." ~from Small Things are God's Blessings

"Take a trip alone. Don't miss the opportunity to learn something about yourself." ~Anon

“This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins''.” ~Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity. Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday. Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility.” ~Steve Maraboli

"To leap at life's boundless opportunities, you must do in order to be." ~Stuart Avery Gold

"We are always surrounded by doors of opportunity. That’s the way life is. Often, opportunities do not come in packages wrapped in the colors we expected. When an unexpected surprise happens, we refuse to see it and so we miss the opportunity. Sometimes we are so focused on a goal far out in the future that we do not see what is right in front of us, or we get so busy hurrying and rushing around that we lose all perspective." ~Anne Wilson Schaef

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose." ~Wayne Dyer

"Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities." ~Sue Ebaugh

"You can do something extraordinary, and something that a lot of people can't do. And if you have the opportunity to work on your gifts, it seems like a crime not to. I mean, it's just weakness to quit because something becomes too hard." ~Morgan Matson

"You have to carefully choose the opportunity and make sure that history would be on your side." ~Nelson Mandela from a conversation with Richard Stengel, 5 April 1993 ‪

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