Quotations about

Opportunity

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.

—Henry J. Kaiser

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

—James F. Byrnes

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

We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

—John W. Gardner

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

—Patty Hansen

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

—Publilius Syrus

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.

—Walt Kelly

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

—Unknown

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

—Lewis Mumford

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.

—Lois McMaster Bujold