#opportunity

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#opportunity #work #work

How often had she wondered what would have happened if she'd remained with Jonathan? Not often, but regularly over the years. It was impossible not to have imagined that rejected future, a life of many countries, of vast and enduring adventure, of tiny rooms and rental houses. It was the sense of missed opportunity that returned to her, frightening but real, overwhelmingly real. ↗

— Michael Stein

#missing #opportunity #reminiscing #age

With a lot of kids in the business, the parents get as twisted as they do, and there's a lot of opportunities to go their own way, but anyone has that opportunity. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#business #get #go #kids #lot

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door ↗

— Milton Berle

#opportunity #self-determination #wisdom #change

Youngsters want to change world. Elders want to enjoy their works. The entrepreneur sells anything needed by both to win their desires. ↗

— Toba Beta

#desire #elder #enjoy-the-works #entrepreneur #opportunity

Only silly Dorothys arrive in a magical land and want to go home. You don't want to be a silly stinking Dorothy, do you? They're reviled throughout every wondrous land. Did you know the name Dorothy translates as "squandered opportunity"? ↗

— Bill Willingham

#magical-lands #squandered-opportunity #home

Tomorrow is another opportunity to improve yourself ↗

— Scott A. Reighard

#inspiration #opportunity-society #inspirational

I believe that God opens doors but closes them if you don’t act when given the opportunity. ↗

— Shellie M. Saunders

#inspirational #opportunity #inspirational

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #inopportunity #jealousy #need #richelle

I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#opportunity #life