Opportunities are on every hand; what we need is, not a new chance, but clearness of vision to discern the chance which at this very hour is ours, if we recognize it.--Katherine Krieger 

Opportunities are seldom labeled.--John A. Shedd 

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

Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.--Anonymous 

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.--H. J. Brown, Jr. (A Hero in Every Heart) 

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckkon us with beepers and billboards.--William A. Ward 

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.--Sir Winston Churchill 

The policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance, which ... can make that iron hot by striking and he that can only rule the storm must yield to him who can both raise and rule it.--Charles Caleb Colton (Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words) 

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.--Gloria Estefan 

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.--Shirley Hufstedler 

"Single" is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.--Mandy Hale (The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass) 

Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.--Brian Tracey (The Treasury of Quotes) 

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.--Wayne W. Dyer 

There is no security on this Earth; there is only opportunity.--Douglas MacArthur

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes.... Keep hope alive.--Jesse Jackson 

Hope and possibility best describe the art of teaching.--Camille Banks Lee (from The Quotable Teacher, comp. by Howe) 

Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.--William Sloan Coffin, Jr. 

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.--Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life) 

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.--François de la Rochefoucauld 

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.--Saint Augustine 

Hope is a good thing--maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies.--Stephen King (The Shawshank Redemption) 

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.--Thomas Chandler Haliburton 

Hope is a talent like any other.--Storm Jameson 

Hope is a vigorous principle ... it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost.--Jeremy Collier 

Hope is a waking dream.--Aristotle 

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.--George Saville 

Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.--Lin Yutang 

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.--Letitia E. Landon 

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.--Max Lucado (God Came Near) 

Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.--Samuel Smiles

 Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.--Charles M. Schwab

Patience is a conquering virtue.” ― Geoffrey Chaucer

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” ―

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.” – Phillips Brooks

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” ~ John Quincy Adams

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” ~ Julius Caesar

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.” ― Margaret Thatcher

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.” – Billy Graham

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – Saint Augustine

32. “Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.” ~ George-Louis de Buffon

33. “Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.” ~ Eknath Easwaran

 Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.--Frederick William Faber 

Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.-- Lawrence G. Lovasik (The Hidden Power of Kindness) 

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel’s song which had lots its way and come to earth.--Frederick W. Faber 

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.--Mother Teresa 

Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.--Lao Tzu 

The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person.--Brian Tracey (The Treasury of Quotes) 

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.--Mencius 

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.--Eric Hoffer (The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Essays) 

Kindness in words creates confidence
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness
Kindness in giving creates love.--Lao-tzu 

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear.--Christian Bovee 

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.--Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D. 

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.--C. Neil Strait 

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.--S. H. Simmons 

Kindness is the insignia of a loving heart.--Anonymous 

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.--Mark Twain 

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.--Robert Ingersoll 

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.--Isaac Bashevis Singer 

Kindness refreshes and restores the tired and broken.--Gerard Thomas Straub (When Did I See You Hungry?) 

 Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden

Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” – Nelson Mandela

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma

The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi

Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

The way to do is to be.” – Lao Tzu

Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live your dreams.” – Les Brown

All limitations are self-imposed.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady

There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.” – Roger Staubach

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” – Walter Chrysler

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” -Dale Carnegie

“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown

“Fairytales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed.” – G K Chesterton

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”- Brian Tracy

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”- George Addair

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”– Helen Keller

We become what we think about” – Earl Nightingale

“There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.” – Brian Tracy

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything you do.” – Brian Tracy

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”― Henry David Thoreau

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” ― Henry David Thoreau

 Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." —William James

Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you." —Mark Cuban

It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends." —Brothers Grimm

Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
―Sherrilyn Kenyon

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." —Carol Burnett

Everything that’s broken was beautiful at one time. And our mistakes make us better people.” —Jamie Hoang

We all can dance when we find music that we love." —Giles Andreae

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." —Jimmy Dean

Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.” –Professor X

Believe you can and you're halfway there." —Theodore Roosevelt

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." —Ella Fitzgerald

Nothing is impossible. The word itself says: 'I'm possible!'" —Audrey Hepburn

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." —C.s Lewis

Out of difficulties grow miracles." —Jean de la Bruyere

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." —Samuel Beckett

26. "You must do the things you think you cannot do." —Eleanor Roosevelt

You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." —A. A. Milne

We can’t retract the decisions we’ve made. We can only affect the decisions we’re going to make from here.” —Nick Rice

When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you.” —Roy McAvoy

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." —Milton Berle

If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle

He who is brave is free.” – Seneca

Take the risk or lose the chance.” – Unknown

Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

7Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso

Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” – Laini Taylor

“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Hope can get you through anything.” -Jamie Ford

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” -Robert H. Goddard

I think it’s a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one’s self.” – Arthur Miller

“Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller

“Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.” – Emanuel Cleaver

 You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

“What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength.” – Meryl Streep

“If you can’t fly then run if you can’t run then walk if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” – Bryant McGill

“Hard times, when held with open hands and a tender heart, can prepare us for the future.” – Cindee Snider Re

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”– Sarah Dessen

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou

“Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” – Earl Nightingale

“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” —Theodore Roosevelt

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas A. Edison

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” —Wayne Dyer

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” —Anthony Robbins

“The greater damage for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it it too low and we reach it.” —Michelangelo

“Do not go where the path may lead , go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” —Muhammad Ali

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” —Mark Twain

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford

Live each day as if your life had just begun.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” —Lao Tzu

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” —Shonda Rhimes

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” —Helen Keller

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.”  —Maya Angelou

“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” —Kobe Bryant

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” —Helen Keller

“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.” —Oprah Winfrey

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” —John Wooden

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” —Lyndon B. Johnson

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” —William James

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” —Carol Burnett

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis

“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” —Deep Roy

“The most wasted of days is one without laughter.”  —E. E. Cummings

“It isn’t where you came from. It’s where you’re going that counts.”  —Ella Fitzgerald

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” —Hafez

“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” —Hazrat Inayat Khan

 The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. -Steve Jobs

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. -Eleanor Roosevelt

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. -Oprah Winfrey

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. -James Cameron

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. -Margaret Mead

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -Robert Louis Stevenson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. -Aristotle

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. -Anne Frank

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated. -Maya Angelou

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. -Babe Ruth

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. -Helen Keller

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas A. Edison

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. -Dr. Seuss

If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor." -Eleanor Roosevelt

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln

May you live all the days of your life." -Jonathan Swift

28. "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale." -Hans Christian Andersen

29. "Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life." -John Wooden

30. "Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved." -D. H. Lawrence

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."– Babe Rut

Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there." — Will Smith

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking." – Steve Jobs

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” — Seneca

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”– Henry Ford

In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway

The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra

Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” – (Attributed to various sources)

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” – Leo Burnett

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– Soren Kierkegaard

The unexamined life is not worth living." — Socrates

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or the life of another." — Helen Keller

The healthiest response to life is joy." — Deepak Chopra

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once." — Lillian Dickson

The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” — Grandma Mose

Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” — Benjamin Franklin

Life is about making an impact, not making an income." — Kevin Kruse

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." – Michael Jordan

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." – Babe Ruth

Life is short, and it is here to be lived." —Kate Winslet 

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes." —Frank Lloyd Wright

Every moment is a fresh beginning." —T.S. Eliot

When you cease to dream you cease to live." —Malcolm Forbes

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine." —Morris West

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." —Dr. Seuss 

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people." —Leonardo DiCaprio

We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness." —Hillary Clinton

 "Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve." —Mary Kay Ash 

Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore