Top 1200 Preparation And Opportunity Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportunity, - what more could be said of the highest success in life?

Opportunity could be defined in so many ways. There's one way of defining it, equality of opportunity, which is in fact the equality of capability, but the libertarians got there first and they have - like the Americans getting onto the moon, naming every crater after something like an astronaut - they have got there and named "opportunity" in a way that we cannot get ownership of now.

For me, I like to imagine being successful. I like to imagine the end, which is success. I envision it, where I can actually see it happening. Going into the ring, seeing the fight happen, seeing me winning that belt, seeing me back in my dressing room celebrating with a slice of cake, which I always had. And the same with meetings. I do prepare though; that confidence comes from preparation, because that fear is in the back of your head of not doing well, of not saying the right thing or having the right information. That's where the preparation comes in for me.

Pressure comes from a lack of preparation.

The Israel legendary foreign minister, Abba Eban, used to say that the Palestinians had never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Real life is about reacting quickly to the opportunity at hand, not the opportunity you envisioned. Not thinking and scheming for the future, but letting it happen.

'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to play a character with that amount of depth and range.

Preparation is everything.

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.

It all starts with opportunity. You can have the smartest person that works tirelessly day and night on a business venture but if there's no opportunity behind it, it's going to be a pretty big, uphill battle.

Separation comes from preparation.

It's the preparation that's my favourite part of the process.

Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.

Education is preparation to live completely.

For me, being Australian is having the opportunity to be your best. This country, this state, gives us every opportunity we could hope for.

Success is when persistence meets preparation.

My preparation is different for every format.

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

When you sit out, then you realize that, when you get the opportunity, how important it is to use that opportunity, not only as a player individually but also for the team.

I had an unbelievable opportunity here to try and follow in similar footsteps [of Michael Jordan], but in a different capacity hopefully. I took that opportunity and I'm excited about it.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

Coaching is preparation.

As long as I get an opportunity, with my ability, I can do well. My England debut was an opportunity for me to show that, and I was really happy with how I did.

There’s no preparation for poetry.

No generation has had the opportunity, as we now have, to build a global economy that leaves no-one behind. It is a wonderful opportunity, but also a profound responsibility.

Don't look for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Getting to work with The Undertaker right off the bat was a tremendous opportunity. It was an opportunity to be a career-maker, and fortunately, I was able to take advantage of that.

There's a belief... in the country that we can cure unemployment by creating opportunity. The skills gap proves that opportunity along is not enough to get people employed.

Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

A movie like Mercury' is a once in a generation opportunity for me. It doesn't come easily to a music director and I am privileged to have gotten this opportunity.

Greatness is in the preparation, not in the performance.

Preparation clears a pathway for success.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

My routine is all about preparation.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.

When there's an opportunity, some people pass it by. I've been lucky enough to recognise opportunities and every day, in my business, there's an opportunity somewhere - to buy, expand, design.

Leadership is another word for preparation.

Stretching was a major part of my preparation.

I'm one of those guys that trusts my preparation.

Preparation is very important for me.

You cannot underestimate the importance of preparation.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'

You don't get that opportunity everyday to do Le Mans with Porsche, a brand that has so much tradition and history. So I just grabbed the opportunity while it was there.

Preparation is key.

Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.

The majority of my work is about preparation.

I know where confidence comes from: Work and preparation.

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.

It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

Confidence is preparation in action.

I found that preparation is everything when you cook.

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.

A winning effort begins with preparation.

Somebody said you have to love what you do, but that's not necessarily true. What is true is that you have to love the opportunity. The opportunity to build life, future, health, success and fortune. Knocking on someone's door or making that extra call may not be something you love to do, but you love the opportunity of what might be behind that door or call.

My preparation is about precision. It is a science.