Opportunity Presents Itself Quotes

#1. People may claim to be "free," yet they cannot control themselves from gluttony in the presence of food or from illicit sexual relations when the opportunity presents itself. Such a notion of freedom is devoid of substance.

Hamza Yusuf

#2. I think it would be really fun to film a drama in a foreign country. If the opportunity presents itself, I want to film a Chinese production.

Lee Min-ho

#3. Opportunity presents itself sometimes in unusual situations. What you think is the worst thing turns out to be a good thing. Different circumstances challenge people to do things they didn't know they could do, and in those times when the outlook appears the worst, we find new reasons for optimism.

S. Truett Cathy

#4. One has various things in the back of one's mind. Occasionally an opportunity presents itself to bring one forward. Most of these opportunities come to nothing. Once in a very great while one
or two
do come to something.

Robin McKinley

#5. Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

J. Michael Straczynski

#6. Teachers should not fear going off plan if a better learning opportunity presents itself. Plans are plans, but children are living, breathing, creative people, who deserve to have their questions answered and original ideas explored.

Adele Devine

#7. When opportunity presents itself, don't be afraid to go after it.

Eddie Kennison

#8. We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.

Thomas Horn

#9. In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.

Kano Jigoro

#10. As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

Robert Collier

#11. When opportunity presents itself grab it. Hold on tight and don't let go.

Celia Cruz

#12. Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Brian Tracy

#13. If you stay ready, there's no need to get ready when an opportunity presents itself.

Maxine Phillips

#14. Finished ought to be an F-word for all of us. We are all works in progress. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, grow more in our lives and careers.

Reid Hoffman

#15. Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.

David Icke

#16. Learning to have the confidence to grab the opportunity when it presents itself makes you a winner.

Sharon Law Tucker

#17. What mortal is there of us, who would find his satisfaction enhanced by an opportunity of comparing the picture he presents to himself of his doings, with the picture they make on the mental retina of his neighbours? We are poor plants buoyed up by the air-vessels of our own conceit.

George Eliot

#18. Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

Epictetus

#19. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.

Pravin Agarwal

#20. With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks.

Howard Schultz

#21. Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves ... We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious.

Leonard Jacobson

#22. Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Kyle Chandler

#23. Everyone is running from something. But if we're lucky, really lucky, fate intervenes and presents an opportunity to conquer our fears. Only then, if triumphant, can a destiny bestowed become a destiny fulfilled.

Rome Sims

#24. There's only so often you're going to have an opportunity to contribute at a high level and that you should be grateful whenever one presents itself and not take it lightly.

Ethan Hawke

#25. Every moment presents a new opportunity and a new decision.

Shakti Gawain

#26. A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. It's an opportunity to look objectively at a group of people, to assess them, to react to them, and to measure oneself against them, to ask 'Am I like that?'

Wallace Shawn

#27. The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done.

Seth

#28. When a course of action is forced upon you it's best to accept it with grace and milk it for whatever you can get, right up to the moment the first opportunity to weasel out of the deal presents itself.

Mark Lawrence

#29. The web presents an opportunity to showcase any character your sick mind desires. Want to create a cross-dressing, deaf/mute, corrupt politician who has a soft spot for saving children? Go for it!

Issa Rae

#30. Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't go to school. They get to stay up past their bedtime. They get candy and presents for doing nothing. Childhood utopia.

Jim Gaffigan

#31. Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.

Jeffrey Gitomer

#32. 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

#33. Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one," and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.

Emily Yoffe

#34. Life presents us with repeated opportunities to face what we fear, what we need to become conscious of, or what we need to master.

Jean Shinoda Bolen

#35. A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth.

Brian Weiss

#36. It is for you to decide what you will contribute to this world ... Will you contribute to the love that is in the world or the fear? This is the same opportunity that presents itself each moment.

Gary Zukav

#37. Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#38. Meeting another doctor with a degree different than your own, presents you with the opportunity to expand your knowledge.

J. Alec Keaton

#39. The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

Ann Romney

#40. The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Jane Wyman

#41. It is where the balance quivers, and the proportions are veiled in mist, that the opportunity for world-saving decisions presents itself.

Winston S. Churchill

#42. Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.

Ban Ki-moon

#43. St. Patrick ... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.

Charles Madigan

#44. I question the premise that digital is necessarily the enemy of traditional media. In many ways, it presents us with enormous opportunities.

Scott McDonald

#45. Every interaction presents an opportunity for growth, one of the keys to our limitless potential.

Simon Boylan

#46. The cost of a model is more than compensated for by future savings. It not only presents an accurate picture of the product for the executives, but it also gives the tool-makers and production men an opportunity to criticize and to present manufacturing problems.

Henry Dreyfuss

#47. When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

Edgar Cayce

#48. My aunts were not cruel, you understand. They loved to talk, and at every available opportunity they gave away the neatly wrapped presents of their thoughts, confident that no one would refuse them.

Ann Howard Creel

#49. Every role presents a new opportunity for me to do something different and to explore something different.

Paul Wesley

#50. He says presents aren't important, but I think they are - not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say I understand you.

David Levithan

#51. With a historical setting, I worry about accuracy at every turn ... With a created world, I have to worry about all of it holding together and seeming coherent ... Each presents unique challenges and opportunities.

David B. Coe