Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. (Quote by - Napoleon Hill)

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world. (Quote by - Orison Swett Marden)

I think we have to try to be as annoying as we can, and take points off Australia to give ourselves an opportunity of the big prize at the end of it. (Quote by - Graham Thorpe)

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life They of a sudden greet us with a smile. (Quote by - Gerald Massey)

The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought. (Quote by - David Miliband)

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this. (Quote by - Peter Mandelson)

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. (Quote by - Rita Coolidge Singer)

Opportunities multiply as they are seized; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities. (Quote by - John Wicker)

Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff. There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime. (Quote by - Lucy Benington)

Ability is of little account without opportunity. (Quote by - Lucille Ball)

In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that are offered. (Quote by - Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. (Quote by - Demosthenes)

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones come daily. (Quote by - Ivy Baker Priest)

Ability is nothing without opportunity. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. (Quote by - Sun Tzu)

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. (Quote by - Laura Bush)

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Quote by - Theodore Roosevelt)

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving. (Quote by - Maxwell Maltz)

If each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life. (Quote by - George Cadbury)

The opportunity that God sends does not wake up him who is asleep. (Quote by - Senegalese proverb)

How many opportunities present themselves to a man without his noticing them? (Quote by - Arab proverb)

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. (Quote by - Benazir Bhutto)

If people are caught up for 36 hours in a soulless building in Brussels, tempers are going to fray... It is in many ways a sad day for Europe. But out of this sad day there is an opportunity to reconnect. (Quote by - Jack Straw)

There is far more opportunity than there is ability (Quote by - Thomas Edison)

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. (Quote by - Martin Horner)