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- No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Precepts
- While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- Long ago we stated the reason for labour organizations. We said that union was essential to give labourers opportunity to deal on an equality with their employers.
- US Supreme Court
- If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
- Donald H. Rumsfeld (1932 - ), on Iraqi Resistance Fighters
- If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
- Milton Berle (1908 - 2002)
- A clash of doctrines is not a disaster--it is an opportunity.
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
- The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you., 08-22-04
- If you aren’t going to say something directly to someone’s face, than don’t use online as an opportunity to say it. It is this sense of bravery that people get when they are anonymous that gives the blogosphere a bad reputation.
- Mena Trott, Times Online, 12-06-06
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