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Letter "O" » Opportunity
«Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity»
«Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.»
Author: Bruce Marton
| About:
Achievement,
Opportunity,
Success
| Keywords:
at hand, developed, distinction, most successful, presented
«Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.»
«No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.»
Author: Mia Hamm
(Soccer Player)
| About:
Opportunity,
Success
| Keywords:
An iron, backbone, clad, concepts, factors, fashioned, guarantee, old fashioned, one iron, planning, timing
«My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential»
Author: Herbert Hoover
(President)
| About:
Chance,
Country,
Giving,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
influential, inheritance, Land of Opportunity, My Country, owes, schooling, village
«Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.»
Author: Seneca
| About:
Luck,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
by luck, happens, luck, luck into, luck it, meets, opportunity, preparation
«Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.»
«Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more»
Author: Anthony Robbins
| About:
Gifts,
Giving,
Life,
Opportunity,
Responsibility
| Keywords:
becoming, give back, offers, privilege, responsibility
«Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| About:
Opportunity
| Keywords:
Girls, otherwise, plain, scarcities, scarcity, virtuous
«Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| About:
Luck,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
luck, meeting, preparation
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