The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Inspiring Business Quotes to Motivate Entrepreneurs - page 87
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us, in the administration, that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to.
There is an ocean of endless opportunities, and there are so many things that one can do. I'm so fortunate that I've grown up with this sort of a philosophy and mentality.
Hafez Nazeri
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St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.
Charles Madigan
The opportunity of making happy is more scarce than we imagine; the punishment of missing it is, never to meet with it again; and the use we make of it leaves us an eternal sentiment of satisfaction or repentance.
I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.
Michel Petrucciani
Opportunities will always be there but the level you'd be able to fulfil those opportunities depends on you being fully present and working to the best of your ability.
Lizzie Velasquez
We have gone through some difficult times like everyone else and perhaps our working together and respecting each other's abilities, in addition to that little thing called love, helped us survive.
Cynthia Weil
In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.
Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.
I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.
Bob Odenkirk
Money doesn't give you any license to relax. It gives you an opportunity to use all your abilities, free of financial worries, to go forward, and to use your superior advantages and talents to help others.
Rose Kennedy
You contain within yourself a unique combination of talents and abilities which, properly identified and applied, will enable you to achieve virtually any goal you can set for yourself.
Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where every desire we have must come true, because inherent in having the desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.
You cannot talk about evil without assuming a moral framework.
Ravi Zacharias
Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
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When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants.
Sakya Pandita