3,788 Quotes About Opportunity

  • Author Howard Gardner
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    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.

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  • Author Howard Gardner
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    One must exploit the asynchronies that have befallen one, link them to a promising issue or domain, reframe frustrations as opportunities, and, above all, persevere.

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  • Author Indira Gandhi
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    Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

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  • Author Izabel Goulart
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    Modeling has given me the opportunity to travel outside of Brazil and see the world. I have been meeting many interesting and talented people along the way.

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  • Author J. Paul Getty
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    There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

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  • Author Janeane Garofalo
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    I wound up getting a lot of other opportunities in the nineties, and then sort of as quickly as it started, it just as quickly ended around 2001. And so yeah, I'd love to continue acting but it's just not up to me.

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  • Author Jane Goodall
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    Chimps are brutal, and it is so deliberate. The males go out and get near the boundary of their territory. And they walk very silently trying hard not to make any noise. They will climb into a tree and stare out over hostile territory for hours. They are waiting for the right opportunity. And then they attack.

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  • Author Jeff Garcia
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    Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody.

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