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Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Opportunity (BEST)

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognize the opportunity.”

John F. Kennedy
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. – Thomas Edison
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.- Henry Ford
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. – Henry Ford
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston S. Churchill
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston S. Churchill
How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. - Paulo Coelho
How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. – Paulo Coelho

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.”

William Shakespeare
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems. - Sun Tzu
Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems. – Sun Tzu
Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily but something you attract by becoming an attractive person. - Jim Rohn
Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily but something you attract by becoming an attractive person. – Jim Rohn
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. - William Arthur Ward
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward
We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation. - Thomas Edison
We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.– Thomas Edison

16 Wise Quotes About Seizing Opportunities

“Basically, a second chance is a “do over,” an opportunity to make an additional effort at accomplishing something or reaching a goal after you’ve failed at least once.” 

Robert Moskowitz

There is far more opportunity than there is ability. - Thomas Edison
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.– Thomas Edison
I will prepare and some day my chance will come. - Abraham Lincoln
I will prepare and some day my chance will come. – Abraham Lincoln
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality. - Eliyahu Goldratt
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality. – Eliyahu Goldratt
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. - Madam C. J. Walker
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. – Madam C. J. Walker
Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. – Orison Swett Marden
Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. – Orison Swett Marden
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. - Lewis Grizzard
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. – Lewis Grizzard
Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire. - Alex Zanardi
Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire. – Alex Zanardi
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon
Opportunity is everywhere. The key is to develop the vision to see it. - Jeremiah Say
Opportunity is everywhere. The key is to develop the vision to see it. – Jeremiah Say
Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it. - George Bernard Shaw
Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it. – George Bernard Shaw
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. - Kyle Chandler
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. – Kyle Chandler
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door. - Emily Dickinson
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door. – Emily Dickinson
Be a magnet that draw opportunity. Paint brilliant thoughts and actions. Mirror success. - Shawn L. Anderson
Be a magnet that draw opportunity. Paint brilliant thoughts and actions. Mirror success. – Shawn L. Anderson

17 Opportunity Quotes to Help You Live a Happier and More Fulfilled Life

“Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.”

L. Lionel Kendrick

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life. - Roy T. Bennett
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life. – Roy T. Bennett
Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It’s your move. - Tony Robbins
Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It’s your move. – Tony Robbins
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. - James F. Byrnes
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. – James F. Byrnes
When we spend our time looking at what other people do or what they have, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to see our own value. – Les Brown
Decide what you want, and then act as if it were impossible to fail. - Brian Tracy
Decide what you want, and then act as if it were impossible to fail. – Brian Tracy
Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting. - Guy Kawasaki
Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting. – Guy Kawasaki
Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity. - Cameron Diaz
Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity. – Cameron Diaz
Our lives are defined by opportunities. Even the ones we miss. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our lives are defined by opportunities. Even the ones we miss. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. - Napoleon Hill
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. – Napoleon Hill
Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities. - Roy T. Bennett
Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities. –Roy T. Bennett
Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity. - Michael Johnson
Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity. – Michael Johnson
Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward. - Hillary Clinton
Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward. – Hillary Clinton
The future depends on what you do today. - Mahatma Gandhi
The future depends on what you do today. – Mahatma Gandhi
Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future. – Ed Markey
Most do not understand the wonderful opportunities life gives until they look back at their life. - Eric Handler
Most do not understand the wonderful opportunities life gives until they look back at their life. – Eric Handler

Top 8 Most Inspiring Opportunity Quotes by Famous Celebrities

My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody’s good at something. - PINK (Singer)
My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody’s good at something. – PINK (Singer)
Everyday is a new opportunity to change your life and be who you want to be. - Demi Lovato
Everyday is a new opportunity to change your life and be who you want to be. – Demi Lovato
If you’re given an opportunity and you’re lucky enough to have freedom to do what you want to do in your career, why trap yourself, why do something that’s not you. - Nas (Rapper)
If you’re given an opportunity and you’re lucky enough to have freedom to do what you want to do in your career, why trap yourself, why do something that’s not you. – Nas (Rapper)
Opportunity only gives you knockers once. - Pamela Anderson
Opportunity only gives you knockers once. – Pamela Anderson
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. – Oprah Winfrey
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. – Oprah Winfrey
Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual. - 50 Cent
Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility, around me is boundless opportunity. My strength is mental, physical and spiritual. – 50 Cent
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. - Bruce Lee
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. – Bruce Lee
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip - Eminem
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip? – Eminem

19 Opportunity Quotes that Inspire Business Success

“I think threats are always opportunities… and I think the opportunity for us is to focus on the users and innovate. Then the opposite of that is really the biggest threat, which is that we would somehow become complacent.”

Marissa Mayer

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. – Niccolò Machiavelli
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. - Peter Drucker
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter Drucker
To me, success is choice and opportunity. - Harrison Ford
To me, success is choice and opportunity. – Harrison Ford
It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path. - Michael Dell
It’s through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we’ve always mapped our path. – Michael Dell
In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. - Mark Zuckerberg
In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. - John D. Rockefeller
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. – John D. Rockefeller

“I like business, and the truth is I save way more than I spend. I invest. I plan for the future. I have a special eye for opportunities and work harder than anyone might expect.”

Sofia Vergara
If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later. - Richard Branson
If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later. – Richard Branson
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. - Richard Branson
Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. –Richard Branson
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. - Demosthenes
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. – Demosthenes
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. - Benjamin Franklin
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. – Benjamin Franklin
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. - Sara Blakely
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. – Sara Blakely

“Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.”

Og Mandino

All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I’m always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself. - Debbi Fields
All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I’m always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself. – Debbi Fields
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. - Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. – Benjamin Disraeli
Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity. - Carlos Slim
Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity. – Carlos Slim
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent. - David Rockwell
Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent. – David Rockwell

Top 7 Opportunity Quotes by Famous Sports People

“There is nothing in my life that I would go back and change, even the darkest moments. All the successes and greatest joys in my life are a result of the absolute worst things. Every missed opportunity is a blessing in disguise.”

Ronda Rousey
A champion team needs only a small window of opportunity to stage a fightback, something I had learnt over the years. - Sachin Tendulkar
A champion team needs only a small window of opportunity to stage a fightback, something I had learnt over the years. – Sachin Tendulkar
To have an opportunity to fight for the title, you have to prove you deserve it against top opponents. - Valentina Shevchenko
To have an opportunity to fight for the title, you have to prove you deserve it against top opponents. – Valentina Shevchenko

“You’ve got to stay ready, especially around here. That’s what we preach, you’ll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you’re going to earn your minutes.”

Tim Duncan
I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally. - Steve Nash
I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally. – Steve Nash
A cup final is all about seizing the moment. You cannot put right a mistake or a missed opportunity the following week. - Paul Scholes
A cup final is all about seizing the moment. You cannot put right a mistake or a missed opportunity the following week. – Paul Scholes
Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. - Kobe Bryant
Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. – Kobe Bryant

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