Take Advantage Of Opportunity Quotes

#1. My family came to this country to take advantage of opportunity, not to take advantage of America.

Jake Danishevsky

#2. My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

Naveen Jain

#3. Who likes to encounter bad weather? But what if you could take advantage of adverse forces that you run into? What if you could turn adversity into opportunity or leverage it positively?

Karla Robertson

#4. I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportunity in life.

Sammy Sosa

#5. Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

Chris Tucker

#6. You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

Bruce Lee

#7. In life we have decisions to make, paths to take and opportunities to take advantage of.

Zayn Malik

#8. What I think the mentor gets is the great satisfaction of helping somebody along, helping somebody take advantage of an opportunity that maybe he or she did not have.

Clint Eastwood

#9. 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

#10. Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult.

James C. Collins

#11. Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

Richard Branson

#12. And this speaks to the importance of taking advantage of every tax-advantaged investment opportunity that you can. You should maximize your contributions if you've got a 401(k), or a 403(b) if you work for a nonprofit. You should take every opportunity to invest in a tax-deferred way.

Anthony Robbins

#13. Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.

David B. Haight

#14. Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.

Dave Thomas

#15. I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. A very select few have that opportunity so when you do have the opportunity you know, those guys take advantage of it.

Roger Clemens

#16. Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.

Harvey MacKay

#17. Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

Sir Mix-a-Lot

#18. It's fun to challenge yourself and take advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves.

Perez Hilton

#19. 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

#20. Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be an ambassador for the sport and raise the profile. I try to take advantage of any opportunity to share climbing with the world.

Chris Sharma

#21. I had the opportunity to go into the hospitals and talk to kids and see a kid and make him smile. Why? Because I'm a special person? No. It had nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with me being the quarterback at the University of Florida. And to not take advantage of that is a shame.

Tim Tebow

#22. Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

Robert Collier

#23. After the launch phase, your product is old news. Take advantage of the opportunity to generate interest when your product is new.

Brian Lawley

#24. Great opportunity is all around you and it will inspire you to either take advantage of it or deny that it is there.

Ernie J Zelinski

#25. Each man has to work out his own understanding of what needs to be done, and then prepare himself to take advantage of the opportunity to succeed in a big way.

George S. Clason

#26. You have to take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime in the lifetime of the opportunity.

Eric Thomas

#27. Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses.

Charles Evans Hughes

#28. Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Jim Rohn

#29. The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.

Adam Dell

#30. Just remember
if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way to do it. But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity
and never give up.

Jane Goodall

#31. Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.

Samuel Smiles

#32. If you make the opportunity. you'll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.

Biz Stone

#33. We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.

Benjamin Carson

#34. The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.

Michael Mandelbaum

#35. Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

Ha-Joon Chang

#36. I've been given an opportunity right now and I'm going to run through a wall to try to take advantage of it.

Scott Rolen

#37. Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

Erykah Badu

#38. I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage of in that field. I'd like to experiment with telling a truly non-linear story.

Patrick Rothfuss

#39. The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.

Chris Chocola

#40. Be quick to take advantage of an advantage.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#41. Great opportunity is only as good as your preparation to take advantage of it.

Tom Black

#42. All of my grandparents came to the United States from Italy during the early years of the 20th century. I believe that my grandparents came here to take advantage of the opportunities furnished by a growing country with an open society.

Samuel Alito

#43. 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

#44. For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!

Dwayne Johnson

#45. I had an opportunity to be in Frank's [Sinatra] circle, but I couldn't take advantage of it because I couldn't get over how awed I was by him. It was so uncomfortable for me because he meant so much to me, but I just couldn't be myself, so I fled rather than having those great nights hanging out.

Ron Perlman

#46. Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all

Ban Ki-moon

#47. One way of opening ourselves up to new opportunities is to make conscious efforts to look differently at our ordinary situations. Doing so allows a person to see the world as one rife with possibility and to take advantage of some of those possibilities if they seem worth pursuing.

Ken Robinson

#48. I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but every one also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

Samuel Goldwyn

#49. It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

John H. Johnson

#50. We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

Christine Gregoire

#51. One day you are the hero and the next day you are the zero. I got to take advantage of every opportunity that I have.

Charlie Brenneman

#52. I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

Spike Lee

#53. Go around asking a lot of dam fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.

Clarence Birdseye

#54. Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

Louis L'Amour

#55. Congress has an opportunity to take advantage of the opening created by Justice Kennedy later this year when it reauthorizes the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Jonathan Kozol

#56. I feel it's most important to keep it real and enjoy each moment, you know, take advantage of every opportunity life provides, because who knows what tomorrow may bring

C. R. Johnson

#57. This country provides opportunities. If you don't take advantage of them, it's your own fault.

Sam Huff

#58. To take advantage of unexpected opportunities, we must leave ourselves available.

S. Truett Cathy

#59. The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.

Bob Newhart

#60. We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and the wider world. That's the opportunity before the Iranian people. We need to take advantage of that.

Barack Obama

#61. We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

Gladys Knight

#62. I was always in the right place at the right time, always willing to take advantage of an opportunity.

Frank Abagnale