To this day, even when I hear about problems, as you've probably noticed, I tend to call them challenges. I don't dwell on them, and I immediately focus on how I can convert the challenge into an opportunity.
Inspiring Opportunity Quotes to Encourage You to Seize the Moment - page 9
Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor are many willing to take chances on novels that are not deemed immediately "marketable.
Katherine Paterson
I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one.
Just to be able to release an album back in the day when I came out was very gratifying. Most people were not given the opportunity.
Keith Sweat
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The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of ego.
Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.
Jacqueline Cochran
Major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action.
Ruth Simmons
Human beings are no longer born to their place in life...but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them as desirable.
The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance.
Elliot W. Eisner
Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem.
Peter Ginter
The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.
Quentin Bryce
I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.
Sinead O'Connor
We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.
Connie Sellecca
What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?
Tara Brach
Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.
Edie McClurg
To get a big company moving fast, especially on a many-headed opportunity like the Internet, you have to have hundreds of people participating and coming up with ideas.
I absolutely miss dancing. Don't want to do it for a living, I'm getting old, I can't move like I used to. If I had the opportunity to do something on Broadway or a musical, I would jump at the opportunity.
Michael K. Williams
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Once you accept that perfection is just a goal, screwing up isn't so hard to handle. Each misstep is still a step, another lesson learned, another opportunity to get it right the next time.
Nick Vujicic
