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“Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.”
“Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.”
“There is no better oppurtunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanks giving opens up the windows of the oppurtunity for ideas to flow your way.”
“While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.”
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.”
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”
“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”
“Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.”
“The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.”
“Asking is begining of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.”
“Always be on the lookout for that spark of opportunity that could change your life or someone close to you forever.”
“Opportunities? They are all around us... there is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.”
“Opportunity... often comes in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”
“I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.”
“Childhood is not a stage of life but an opportunity for growth.”
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”
“As the opportunity grows for unlimited growth and progress, the chances of failure increase. There is no such thing as a program that will provide security and growth and progress with no risk . . . even within the church. As freedom for unrestricted development is enhanced, the possibilities for failure are also increased. The risk factor is great.”
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
“All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.”
“Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.”
“Opportunity can often sway even an honest man.”
“There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.”
“There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.”
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