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- Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
- You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
- Ellen Metcalf
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
- Bulgarian Proverb
- 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 (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
- 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, "Barrayar", 1991
- Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper.
- Kazuo Inamori
- The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
- Jane Wyman (1914 - )
- If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
- Margaret Cho, weblog, 03-09-04
- If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it's passed.
- Kanye West
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