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Letter "O" » Opportunity
«Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.»
Author: Alexander Graham Bell
(Educator, Inventor)
| About:
Opportunity,
Overcoming
| Keywords:
closing, door, late, so long, stare, stares, Too late
«Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind»
«There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.»
«Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.»
Author: Henry J. Kaiser
(Builder, Industrialist)
| About:
Opportunity,
Problems,
Work
| Keywords:
clothes, work-clothes
«Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity»
«Remember, I am neither a bear nor a bull, I am an agnostic opportunist. I want to make money short- and long-term. I want to find good situations and exploit them.»
«There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.»
Author: Jean Paul Getty
(Founder, Industrialist)
| About:
Opportunity
| Keywords:
businessmen, handsomely, profit, seize
«There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.»
Author: Jim Davis
(Actor)
| About:
Life,
Opportunity
| Keywords:
capabilities, debilitates, debilitating
«Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.»
«These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.»
Author: Bill Cosby
(Actor, Comedian, Producer)
| About:
Civil rights,
Dignity,
Education,
Freedom,
Opportunity
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