Top 100 Opportunities Given Quotes
#1. The three most important powers are Heaven, Earth and Man. The three luminaries are the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. Opportunities given by Heaven are not equal to the advantages afforded by Earth, while the advantages of Earth do not match the blessings that come from harmony among men
Lisa See
#2. You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
Sam Mendes
#3. You take the opportunities given to you. If we always waited for perfection, we'd miss out on so much. Don't you think?
Sarah Monzon
#4. A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't ignore you." She thought I was being flip but it's true. The challenge is trying to live up to the opportunities given me.
Steve Martin
#5. What has made America great have been the opportunities given to everyone in this country. Since our founding, individuals and families have come to America to seek freedom, opportunity and the choice for a better life.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
#6. Probably in 2035 we will pass that mantle on to China. It will be the biggest economy in the world, and it will go way past us and way past India. Given the growth, the size, the opportunities, I don't think there's any other place in the world that can match it.
David Rubenstein
#7. When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
Laura Harring
#8. Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.
Lewis H. Lapham
#9. You do not have opportunities for influence by accident. God-given opportunities bring God-intended responsibilities. Do all the good you can wherever God puts you. Apply this to your situation among family members, your neighbors, and your coworkers.
Layton Talbert
#10. I come from a great family and I was raised by wonderful parents. There is no question that I was given a lot of interesting and unique opportunities growing up ... But I think people often misunderstand that I work as hard and want things just as badly as anybody else.
Abby Huntsman
#11. Changes have taken place since year one. When Caruso left, that was a big change. We've been able to adapt nicely. It's given us new opportunities for different characters and story lines.
Dennis Franz
#12. There are several paths to success; We are given multiple opportunities to achieve our potential throughout our lives. Some get there a little faster than others. But one thing is for sure; NO ONE gets there without first having a goal then taking action and LOTS of it!
Rachael Bermingham
#13. Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
Tony Campolo
#14. When mothers earn their fair share, young children have greater access to quality health care, educational opportunities, and safe communities. By ending the wage gap, we will help ensure that every child can achieve his or her God-given potential.
Kirsten Gillibrand
#15. Over the past six years [since implementing RIMS] we have added very few additional full-time jobs, but we have brought in $120 million of new business ... These efficiencies have really given us the ability to take advantage of new opportunities and expand our business.
Don Richardson
#16. Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.
Michael Patrick Jann
#17. You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#18. There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.
Douglas Adams
#19. I just remind myself that the gifts I have, I've been given for a reason and that every day brings new opportunities to use them.
Bridgit Mendler
#20. Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Michael Johnson
#21. I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.
Jessica Sanchez
#22. People are silently begging to be acknowledged, informed, given advance opportunities and led to action.
Jay Abraham
#23. Everybody must be given the opportunity for self liberation and development.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#24. I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
Verne Troyer
#25. I think this is one reason why the Lord invented the Internet - so members can teach one another how to succeed in assignments the Lord has given us, and to give us opportunities to inspire and bear testimony in a horizontal way.
Clayton Christensen
#26. I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.
Lorene Scafaria
#27. In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.
Clayton M Christensen
#28. The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies and that opportunities should be available to all. Throughout its own extraordinary history, Israel has given life to that promise.
Barack Obama
#29. It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera.
Darnell M. Hunt
#30. I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.
Howard Gardner
#31. We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.
Kristin Chenoweth
#32. Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given, and what we do with them. I'm beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don't just happen. We have to make them ourselves.
Marissa Meyer
#33. While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.
Jane D. Hull
#34. Success can allow you to try for greatness, can give you an opportunity to take a chance on something. I'm very blessed to have the success that I've had, and that's given me so many opportunities to work on being great.
Orlando Bloom
#35. Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
#36. Synchronize each breath with the present moment and become intertwined with happiness. Breathing in, we are grateful for the opportunities that are given to us; breathing out, we let go of the depression and anxiety that hold us back.
Forrest Curran
#37. To be allowed to come back to WWE is the greatest gift that's ever been given to me. Back in the day, I never appreciated what WWE had given me, because I was in too much disarray and too confused about my own life. I let opportunities foolishly slip through my hands.
Jake Roberts
#38. I am very grateful for the opportunities provided to me through appearing on 'American Idol.' The value that the fans and the show have given to my career is not lost on me. However, I have not felt that I have been free to conduct my career in a way that I am comfortable with.
Phillip Phillips
#39. I love the fact that Atlanta has given the entertainment industry an additional and growing hub. The opportunities personally and professionally have been a wonderful blessing.
Kim Fields
#40. The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.
Howard Schultz
#41. I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.
Og Mandino
#43. It's a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips.
Troian Bellisario
#44. ECONOMISTS POINT OUT THAT THE QUALITY OF ANY GIVEN OPTION can not be assessed in isolation from its alternatives. One of the "costs" of any option involves passing up the opportunities that a different option would have afforded. This is referred to as an opportunity cost.
Barry Schwartz
#45. I have been incredibly lucky all my life. I've had a family that has loved me and given me incredible opportunities. I've gone to great schools. I've travelled across the country.
Justin Trudeau
#46. Space opera has always given authors a way to include a vast array of ideas and concepts. The opportunities it provides are limitless. Long may it reign.
Peter F. Hamilton
#48. It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the opportunities, and I think you do have to work hard.
Jill Douglas
#50. When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?'
Tom DeLonge
#51. Film schools are now nearly 50-50 male-female, and women are also well represented at festivals and in indie film. But what happens to them after they direct their first film or short? Where do they go? They certainly aren't being given the same opportunities as their male counterparts.
Lesli Linka Glatter
#52. For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.
David LaChapelle
#53. It's really seeing student involvement ... as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.
Adam Fletcher
#55. Was given as a first-world citizen, and I believe it is my responsibility to work so that these opportunities are available to all.
Nicholas D. Kristof
#56. We cannot hope to build the Church and to bring hearts and souls to Christ without using every resource the Lord has given to help us take advantage of our opportunities and address the obstacles standing in our way.
M. Russell Ballard
#57. It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.
Misty Copeland
#58. I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories.
Alexandra Daddario
#59. if you have only two opportunities, learn how to turn them into twelve. When you have twelve they will multiply automatically. that is why Jesus says: 'he who has a lot will have a lot more given. He who has little will have that little taken from him.
Paulo Coelho
#60. Engaging in new creative projects keeps me energized. I feel deeply grateful for all of the opportunities that life has given me.
Emily Saliers
#61. The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given.
Jose Serrano
#62. A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she [Cameron Diaz] would have done more with.
Jennifer Lopez
#63. The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.
Chris O'Dowd
#64. People on series are now given a lot more opportunities, sometimes more than film actors.
Alyssa Milano
#65. Make arrangements, yet don't live for tomorrow. Live throughout today. As you get up every morning, be thankful that you are given one more day to take in more lessons. You are given more opportunities to get on track, to live all the more genuinely and transparently, to love more, and to give more.
Adam Green
#66. We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
Patrick J. Kennedy
#67. Now, because of this big backdrop that we've given ourselves, these little personal, human details take on a whole new context and give us opportunities for comedy.
Jason Winer
#68. I want to get to the end and feel that I've done all I could, given the limitations and given the opportunities.
Jeanette Winterson
#69. If opportunities are not given to you, then you need to create your own opportunities.
Manoj Jayasuriya
#70. How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.
Tony Dungy
#71. In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.
Bernie Sanders
#72. I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.
Lester B. Pearson
#74. No one is defined by a single act," Frederic said. "Whether it was years ago or weeks ago. We're all given chances to change, to make up for things we've done wrong. It's how we handle those opportunities that really matters.
Christopher Healy
#75. I'd been given opportunities others hadn't and I've been wasting them, and now I have to really wonder if it is too late." "It's not," I whispered, truly believing it.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#76. How will the fact of being women have affected our lives? What precise opportunities have been given us, and which ones have been denied? What destiny awaits our younger sisters, and in which direction should we point them?
Simone De Beauvoir
#77. You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.
Charlize Theron
#79. Life is given for increase and multiplication of the glory of God
Sunday Adelaja
#80. Every day we're given opportunities, some of us see them and some are too busy to notice.
Rachael Bermingham
#81. I need people to put a character in my hands and trust me to bring it to life and do it justice. So, I'm extremely grateful to have been given that opportunities and incredibly excited to be given more of them in the future.
Matthew Kane
#82. I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren't given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren't working.
Johnny Galecki
#83. You can't hate your best friend for taking opportunities he'd been given. That would be the worst sort of hate, wouldn't it? Because it would mean you hate yourself, too.
Craig Davidson
#84. The secret is this: When you have the single mind, you look on your circumstances as God-given opportunities for the furtherance of the gospel, and you rejoice at what God is going to do instead of complaining about what God did not do.
Warren W. Wiersbe
#85. Outliers are those who have been given opportunities - and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.
Malcolm Gladwell
#86. Working with Disney is really and truly like working with a family. Everyone is so supportive and so wonderful. I've worked with Disney since I was twelve, and they've given me so many opportunities that I'll forever be grateful for.
Olivia Holt
#87. Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.
Sendhil Mullainathan
#88. While technology has given us many opportunities we've never had before, it's also putting new kinds of stress in our lives.
Tiffany Shlain
#89. I really don't drink, I don't do drugs. I feel like right now I've been given so many opportunities I don't want to mess it up with those things ...
Anne Hathaway
#90. You can attract the best smart creatives with factors beyond money: the great things they can do, the people they'll work with, the responsibility and opportunities they'll be given, the inspiring company culture and values, and yes, maybe even free food and happy dogs sitting desk-side.
Eric Schmidt
#91. For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.
Penelope Cruz
#92. Honestly, I'm just trying to do the best I can with every opportunity I'm given, and when I'm given the opportunities make the most of them.
Tim Tebow
#93. We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth.
Mao Zedong
#94. There is another chance of 365 opportunities to learn, to grow in a reasonable pace and to master what is given to you by God.
Happy New Year 2017
Euginia Herlihy
#95. What's wrong with love today? We started playing hard to get with the people that deserve our love, but kept on making it easy for those who didn't. Thus, the people who would be great at love began to fear it while those who give love a bad name were given more opportunities to taint it.
Kwapi Vengesayi
#96. God has not called you to be the best in the world at anything! He has called you to be the best you can be, given your background, experiences, opportunities, and abilities.
Rick Warren
#97. Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you.
Don Shula
#98. Andy [Murray] is one of the premier workaholics. He's given himself a lot of opportunities through that.
Milos Raonic
#99. In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
Michael Jordan
#100. Directly after the show people might have responded better to it, but who really knows. It did what it did and while it seems like a failure to most but it was a success for me and has given me so many opportunities.
Justin Guarini
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