Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison
Opportunity
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.
— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Faith
They are so busy knocking that they do not notice that the door is open!
— Agatha Christie
Opportunity
What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! … I could manage this horse better than others do.
— Alexander the Great
Leadership
Opportunity, n. A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.
— Ambrose Bierce
Opportunity
Youth, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.
When I want something to happen — or not happen — I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. I found the opportunity.
I don’t know why one can’t chase two rabbits at the same time, even in the literal sense of those words. If you have the hounds, go ahead and pursue.
— Anton Chekhov
Competition