~ An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. ~

~ Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently ~

~ Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~

~ In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~

~ Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ~

~ Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~

~ The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~

~ A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~

~ Do not wait for extraordinary situations to do good; try to use ordinary situations. ~

~ Luck to me is something else. Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ~

~ Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. ~

~ The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. ~

~ There is no security in life, only opportunity. ~

~ There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity. ~

~ To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. ~