Quotes About Change And Opportunity

#1. But history has been adapted here, re-spun to tell Jan's tale: the story of a boy caught up in a world of change and opportunity, trickery and wonder. A story inspired by a city and its legends.

Joanne Owen

#2. If you want change, it has to be generational. We have this unbelievable opportunity to make that change. Entertainment enables us to entice and educate mass audiences into a shift of consciousness.

Ian Somerhalder

#3. The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem-solving, purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity.

Elliot W. Eisner

#4. Politicians in Europe want change. The United States and China will follow this trend. One could see this is a threat, but it's also an opportunity. We at BMW want to take advantage of this and, through innovations, place ourselves at the forefront.

Norbert Reithofer

#5. Whenever I see an opportunity and a chance to change something, I go at it and I lay out all the facts to everybody. And when I come to this space, I'm going to come with talent, I'm going to come with focus. And I'm going to do the job as competitively as the next guy.

Robert Johnson

#6. The same wind blows on us all; the winds of disaster, opportunity and change. Therefore, it is not the blowing of the wind, but the setting of the sails that will determine our direction in life.

Jim Rohn

#7. So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West and economic opportunity that comes with it and the participation that comes with it.

John F. Kerry

#8. Every moment, every breath, is a new opportunity. An opportunity to let go of the past and to become the person you choose to be.

John Bruna

#9. When we are unable to change an event that has already been written in the stars, we are always presented the opportunity to surrender to the heart and find a new pathway to peace. Understanding Divine Reason allows us to honor God's Divine Plan.

Molly Friedenfeld

#10. I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. I can be behind the camera and really change things cinematically, and this is giving me an opportunity to do something behind the camera, which I really want to maximize.

Jamie Foxx

#11. You can't fail. The further you fall, the greater the opportunity for growth and change.

Julie Newmar

#12. Never give up your wife, husband, children and families.
Believe that people can change.
Give others opportunity to change.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#13. Opportunities change, strategies change, but people and psychology do not change. If trend-following systems don't work well, something else will. There's always money being lost, so someone out there has to win.

Gil Blake

#14. A clear right answer and the opportunity to change the options? This is the chooser's dream.

Sheena Iyengar

#15. She cried for herself - the life she'd never bothered to live and had almost lost - and the realization that she still had an opportunity to change it all before it was too late.

Jana Deleon

#16. Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude.

Chris Prentiss

#17. Concepts like edX and online learning will transform education. This will completely change the world. I believe that people will move to online learning, both on campuses and worldwide. We have a real opportunity to be able to bring people around the world into our fold.

Anant Agarwal

#18. What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.

Jeanne Moreau

#19. I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if I can empower teachers and good citizens to give these children, who are the poorest of the poor, the same opportunity we give our own kids, then I'll feel my life has been worth it.

Jonathan Kozol

#20. Remember that things can still be changed and that it is not too late

Sunday Adelaja

#21. People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

Barack Obama

#22. I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that

Gillian Anderson

#23. This is an opportunity for the port and all of us to make a bold statement about how oil companies contribute to climate change, oil spills and other environmental disasters - and reject this short-term lease.

Ed Murray

#24. You're allowed to die at night and be born again with sunrise. Each day is an opportunity to transform. Don't waste this. Protect your right to change, grow, and beam as a star unabashedly should.

Erica Alex

#25. Change is inevitable in life. You can either resist it and potentially get run over by it, or you can choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it, and learn how to benefit from it. When you embrace change you will begin to see it as an opportunity for growth.

Jack Canfield

#26. Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!

Mark Cuban

#27. If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.

Peter Drucker

#28. Imagination is potentially infinite. Though actually we are limited to the types of experience for which we possess organs, those organs are somewhat plastic. Opportunity will change their scope and even their center.

George Santayana

#29. Change is nature's way of offering us the opportunity to explore the parameters of our humanity and potential. Don't fight it, embrace it. There is a magical experience awaiting those who embrace this natural process.

Steve Maraboli

#30. Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation ... Our package not only responds to this challenge, but ... is an opportunity that should create thousands of new businesses and millions of jobs in Europe.

Jose Manuel Barroso

#31. Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

Archimedes

#32. Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.

Naveen Jain

#33. The challenges we face in life are not meant to be some sort of punishment; rather, they are an invitation to change - and an opportunity to create something even better than before.

Sam Cawthorn

#34. It's as important to sell yourselves as much as the service. The business model's going to change 50 times, and the market's going to change, but you need to convince that investor that you are smart enough and excited enough about the opportunity that you'll figure it out.

Dylan Smith

#35. Change management is kind of a weird concept to me. We can' t control events any more than we can control the weather. But we control how we deal with it and we can control the opportunities that these moments of change create.

Kevin Allen

#36. We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change.

Justin Rosenstein

#37. Just ticking boxes is not the ultimate goal here. Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is. And if we recognised the opportunity, the two-minute WHO checklist is just a start.

Atul Gawande

#38. When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.

Chip Conley

#39. It is every Muslim's duty to fight those of a different belief until only Allah is worshipped around the world. Everybody has the opportunity to accept Allah and to change to the right path.

Abdul Sattar Abu Risha

#40. The primary opportunity is to use a model or paradigm for describing ADD that's not disease-based and doesn't imply brain damage or what many children interpret as some type of retardation ... a person must have hope; this model restores self-esteem, thus empowering individuals to change.

Thom Hartmann

#41. Each day is an opportunity to travel back into tomorrow's past and change it.

Robert Breault

#42. When you see an opportunity to change the world, get up and get the job done!

Robin Sharma

#43. Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

Ramsey Clark

#44. Because you never know where life is gonna take you, And you can't change where you've been, But today, I have the opportunity to choose ...

India.Arie

#45. I got into acting for the chance to be many different people and many different characters. I love hiding in a role and doing the research. If there is an opportunity to change my body, I will change my body. I'll slip in and disguise myself in a role. That is a really big treat for me.

Ashley Bell

#46. Ludlow put a hand on his arm. A friend of mine used to say, 'You cannot change the past, but every moment is an opportunity to change your future.

F.E. Higgins

#47. The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#48. It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.

Paul Saffo

#49. I admire the good samaritan, but I don't want to be one.I don't want to spend my life picking up people by the side of the road after they have been beaten up and robbed.I want to change the Jericho road, so that everybody has an opportunity for a job, education, security, health.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#50. Every day, all of us at Gannett are given the rare and sacred opportunity to affect change for the good in the communities we serve, to make life better for the people who trust us to know them and do right by them.

Gracia Martore

#51. And it is change that always provides the opportunity for the new and different. Systematic innovation therefore consists in the purposeful and organized search for changes, and in the systematic analysis of the opportunities such changes might offer for economic or social innovation.

Peter F. Drucker

#52. Every person has their own unique circumstances to overcome, but every single person has the opportunity to achieve anything - and change everything.

Rhonda Byrne

#53. What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

Aung San Suu Kyi

#54. Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.

Gordon Brown

#55. It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.

Iyanla Vanzant

#56. We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Ron D. Burton

#57. Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

Paul Klee

#58. Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents a significant commercial opportunity

Tom DeLay

#59. The conversation around policing is painful but I believe it provides us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow.

Ed Murray

#60. It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.

Sal Albanese

#61. The birth of crisis is a birth of opportunity to change yourself, to rise on the top,to become more powerful and more knowledgeable.

Arya Vidhan

#62. Watch yourself. Every minute we change. It is a great opportunity. At any point, we can step out of our frozen selves and our ideas and begin fresh.

Natalie Goldberg

#63. Angels love to create synchronicities because each synchronicity produces an illumination point for a soul to connect the dots on life experiences. This insight, in turn, creates an opportunity to expand the heart and grow the soul, which always results in positive change for humanity.

Molly Friedenfeld

#64. Sometimes the 'day' you're dreaming for never comes. Take control of your future and start now.

Auliq Ice

#65. If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

Louise Hay

#66. The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities ...

Steve Case

#67. The severity of your problems is a matter of perspective. Change your perspective and most of them become insignificant. Some of them will no longer exist as problems - but opportunities instead.

Ernie J Zelinski

#68. Reflecting on this, Albert LaChance recognized an opportunity - what if the work he and so many others found so fruitful in the 12-Step recovery programs could be expanded to an ecological, a global, or even a cosmic level?

Albert J. LaChance

#69. It may be tempting to look back and wring our hands over missed opportunities for change in the preceding decades. But, I'm not interested at looking in the rearview mirror except to learn.

Jennifer Granholm

#70. With success, if you don't plan and just take each day as it comes, there will come failure.

Auliq Ice

#71. It's quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it's probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.

Jim Pattison

#72. There's so much there to cultivate an opportunity to change the mindset of how players think, in terms of not lending their power over to just anyone. I've been a victim of that, and it's difficult to rebound from.

Eddie George

#73. No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration.

Harvey MacKay

#74. These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.

Sheri L. Dew

#75. Change, even if unwelcome, forces us to reevaluate what our best options are. Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make adjustments to build on the good and reduce the bad.

Dan Miller

#76. Sacred blessings and divine opportunities appear in your life disguised as unforeseen changes and challenging circumstances.

Miya Yamanouchi

#77. If you live your life in fear and had the opportunity to change. . .could you muster the strength?

P.C. Chinick

#78. 'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change.

Harrison Ford

#79. For some, times of change can be trying. But these times can also present great opportunity, a chance for us to show what we're made of, to show our dignity and fortitude. A chance for us to grow.

Kimberly Derting

#80. A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.

Bill Owens

#81. Flexibility is a learned mental skill. In today's dynamic world, your effectiveness as a professional depends
on your readiness to adjust quickly to the moments of need or opportunity, adversity, and change.

Jennifer Touma

#82. The transformation at the corporate level was achieved by selling off business units in old markets and by creating new business units to pursue the new opportunities. But the individual business units themselves within those transformed corporations were almost inert to change.

Clayton Christensen

#83. Anger is what makes our struggle visible, and our struggle is what exposes they hypocrisy of a nation that fashions itself a moral leader. To rise against the narrative and expose the lie gives opportunity to those whose identity depends on the lie to question and, hopefully, change.

Mychal Denzel Smith

#84. In madness lies change, in change is opportunity, and in opportunity are riches.

Bernard Cornwell

#85. When one person attempts to "fix it" for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and receiver miss an opportunity for understanding.

David W. Earle

#86. Create an opportunity for change to have way in your attitude and lifestyle. Sometimes, it not us, but our perceptions scare away change!

Israelmore Ayivor

#87. Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .' He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. 'They change back.

Joe Abercrombie

#88. Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family.

Francis Collins

#89. Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change ... agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.

Jim Highsmith

#90. Everyday the opportunity exists to change your life. But most days, the idea of having to change the big things in life just seems like too much work. Should I lie on the couch and watch a movie, or shuld I confront my personal demons?

Jill Davis

#91. Don't rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

Billy Graham

#92. Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time.

Tobias Wolff

#93. Look for solutions, instead of being difficult; be more thoughtful, instead of allowing anger to burn you out. Look at things from a different perspective, embrace change, look out for opportunities and you will feel much more in control.

Steve Backley

#94. If we choose to believe that we're responsible for our experiences, the good and the so-called bad, then we have the opportunity to outgrow the effects of the past. We can change. We can be free.

Louise Hay

#95. The climate challenge illustrates how we have to change. The developing countries need more support and opportunities to develop and use clean energy. Because if the current situation continues, then the world will not be able to handle this burden.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

#96. For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

James D. Watson

#97. As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes to be acclaimed and discarded, giving full reign to the fickle fortunes of war.

Charles Emmerson

#98. Every day you have the opportunity to learn and experience some-thing and some-one new. Seize the opportunity. Learn and experience everything you can, and use it to change the world.

Rodney Williams Jr.

#99. Every single one of us has the unique opportunity to create awareness and influence change

Gretchen Bleiler

#100. Once you accept your circumstances and decide to take action, you can welcome change. Change is an opportunity to form new habits and become who you are meant to be.

Farshad Asl