Quotes about opportunity can be inspiring in my experience. They’re always positive, which I like.
A past littered with perceived failures can often leave us feeling that we’ve blown our chances of success in life.
We can often feel that somehow we’re destined for nothing more than a series of unexceptional jobs with modest remuneration because we didn’t do well in school or we didn’t make much effort in our early years, or whatever.
I know this feeling is common among people who left the education system with little in the way of certificates and diplomas to show for all their years in the classroom.
However, certificates and diplomas are just pieces of paper. They’re nice to have, but they don’t, in any way, define you.
Above all, you must always remember this, dear reader: your future is not defined by your past. Mistakes made can always be rectified.
A perceived failure is not the end of the world; it’s just an outcome you didn’t want. You can have as many chances to try again as you’re prepared to take.
Never forget that the future is an endless stream of opportunities, which you can choose to take or not.
That’s right! You can choose to take them or not; it’s down to you and you alone. You can make your life whatever you want it to be, as long as you’re prepared to make changes and work hard.
So focus on what you want with determination and hard work, and success really can be yours, regardless of any mistakes you may have made in the past. The past was a series of lessons, not a life sentence.
Here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about opportunity.
Reflect on all these quotes, dear reader, and then think about your life and whether it’s all you’d like it to be. If it isn’t all you’d like it to be, then it’s time to make some changes and go boldly in search of a better life experience.
Quotes about opportunity (1-10):
- If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~Milton Berle
- Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. ~Winston Churchill
- You create your opportunities by asking for them. ~Shakti Gawain
- To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~Bruce Lee
- Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. ~Bobby Unser
- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon
- A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~Winston Churchill
- Most people miss opportunity because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~Thomas A. Edison
- Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ~Henry Ford
- Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. ~William Arthur Ward
Quotes about opportunity (11-21):
- To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. ~Benjamin Franklin
- Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ ~Brian Tracy
- Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ~Orison Swett Marden
- Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. ~Richard Branson
- Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don’t miss opportunities. ~Ivan Glasenberg
- Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known. ~Ronald Reagan
- My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities. ~Mario Testino
- People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new. ~Travis Bradberry
- As an entrepreneur, you tend to see opportunities where others see none. ~Naveen Jain
- Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. ~Jim Carrey
- Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. ~Julie Andrews
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