Affirmations and Quotations

Opportunity

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

—William Blake

The idea that angels are real, That they intercede in our world To minister to us, should inspire Us to do a little angel-work ourselves Whenever the opportunity arises.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

—Sir Francis Bacon

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought are commonly the most valuable.

—Sir Francis Bacon

If you give an audience a chance, they will do half your acting for you.

—William Hazlitt

There is a deep, innate almost inexpressible yearning within each one of us to find our voice in life.

—Stephen Covey

We can do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about its width and depth.

—Evan Esar

The one with the primary responsibility to the individual’s future is that individual.

—Dorcas Hardy

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.

—George Bernard Shaw

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

—Hugh Downs

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

—Walter P. Chrysler

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