Opportunity Quotes

One man’s opportunism is another man’s statesmanship.

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.

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

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

The Chinese call luck opportunity and they say it knocks every day at your door. Some people hear it; some do not. It’s not enough to hear opportunity knock. You must let him in, greet him, make friends and work together.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they’re opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

Unfortunately, regret is a part of human existence. To defeat it, you must confront your fears before the opportunity is lost. If you wait, the regret will eat away at you for the rest of your life.

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.