“i d rather not look for a job... to let a fine one find me. And that definitely wouldn t define me as a snob!;)”
“Opportunity comes to those who are willing to take it.”
“Mostly they all were products of single parents, and in the most tragic category - black boys, with no particular criminal inclinations but whose very lack of direction put them in the crosshairs of the world.”
“Master of human destinies am I. Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by Hovel, and mart, and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden, once at every gate! If sleeping, wake -- if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but to those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore-- I answer not; and I return no more.”
“You ought to explore, search and seek the unlimited possibilities in life”
“Sometimes misfortune brings opportunity”
“That morning he feels fresh-scrubbed and cleansed, as if he is being given yet another opportunity to live his life correctly.”
“Viewed from a different angle, my uncle s words offered up the rest of my life as an unexpected gift, an opportunity for the most radical improvisation. I could be whatever I wanted to be, as long as I didn t end up another corpse in the casket with a hole in his head. Anything went. Anything was permissible, as long as I lived.”
“In your journey of life, stick to relevance, don’t stay stuck! Keep improving yourself until your opportunity comes.”
“No institute of science and technology can guarantee discoveries or inventions, and we cannot plan or command a work of genius at will. But do we give sufficient thought to the nurture of the young investigator, to providing the right atmosphere and conditions of work and full opportunity for development? It is these things that foster invention and discovery.”
“For opportunity is nothing if you don t grab it by both hands.”
“The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.”
“Conventional wisdom nor scientific, mathematical prove of randomness in life could do nothing to deter human s curiosity for the unknown, however small the chance of a positive outcome maybe.”
“Whenever we have opportunity to serve, we must serve with all our heart.”
“Do not despise little beginnings. It ll all make sense as you re staring at an opportunity that you realize the difficult moments merely prepared you for.”
“There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don t let it go, grab it.”
“[She] discovered what feminism intended to be about, or at least a piece of what it promised to the generations who followed blindly in its wake. The freedom to live one s life apart from any prescribed pathway. The ability to love men and children and jobs but not lose one s self to them. The opportunity to embrace choices rather than just have them.”