Opportunity Motivational Quotes

"Screw it, let’s do it!"

"Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe."

"People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it."

"You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad."

"Don’t wait for the perfect time, you will wait forever. Always take advantage of the time that you’re given and make it perfect."

"Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else."

"Every moment in business happens only once."

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

"You never lose in business, either you win or you learn."

"Don’t be afraid to fail. Failure teaches us the most valuable lessons."

"There’s no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move you in another direction."

"Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral. Pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change."

"Always have the highest bar for yourself. Wake up everyday and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for the better. Do something that makes someone happy. Create something that inspires someone. Be someone’s light when they are hopeless."

"You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed – you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that."

"Today, do what others won't so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't."

"Set specific, challenging goals. Keep pushing even when progress feels slow. Hunger for more fuels long-term success."

"I always try to improve and score more goals. I want to be the best."

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

"You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it."

"Embrace adversity and use it as fuel to drive your determination."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

"With God all things are possible."

"You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big, and live big."

"Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s for a good cause and contributes to a good life."

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."

"Failure is not the outcome. Failure is not trying."

"If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure."

"You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."

"I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart. I am talented. I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass."

"Nothing is given. Everything is earned."

"Dreams are not what you see in your sleep. Dreams are things which do not let you sleep."

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."

"If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do."

"The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. It's that simple."

"The most effective way to do it is to do it."

"There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed."

"You have to be fearless and take risks to achieve greatness."

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

"You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything."

"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."

"Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try."

"Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action."

"It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing."

"I would rather be a failed entrepreneur than someone who never tried. Because even a failed entrepreneur has the skill set to make it on their own."

"Limits exist in the mind more than reality. Determination makes dreams achievable."

"Talent without working hard is nothing."

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen."

"It doesn’t matter how many times you have failed. You only have to be right once."

"If you really want to do something, stop telling yourself you can’t do it."

"Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset."

"Work hard. Be kind. Take risks."

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"

"So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it."

"It all depends on what you’re willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That’s what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities."

"Whatever your dream is, every single day you will be faced with challenges, but you have to keep moving forward."

"If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down."

"You just have to keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing something, seizing the next opportunity, staying open to trying something new."

"I think that if you’re passionate about something and you’re driven and you’re focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life."

"Talent is useless without effort. Daily discipline creates greatness. Champions are built, not born."

"The day you think there is no improvement to be made is a sad one for any player."

"I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time."

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

"My secret? See it, and stay focused on it."

"Doubt is only removed by action. If you’re not working then that’s when doubt comes in."

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way."

"I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year, it took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success."

"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."

"You’re gonna die, do something about it."

"The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena."

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

"No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box."

"Opportunities lie in the place where the complaints are."

"Don’t give up on your dreams just because they’re not happening right now."

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little."

"A dream without a plan is just a wish."

"You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive."

"The only limit to your success is your own imagination."

"Don’t look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I could never do that.’ Look at the poster on your wall and think ‘I’m gonna do that!’"

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough. ... And you will tell them yes."

"We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give."

"A masterpiece isn’t built overnight. Success comes to those who stay consistent."

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

"In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision."

"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that."

"Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts."

"Every no gets me closer to a yes."

"Don’t just think outside the box, crush it."

"Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge."

"Today’s ‘best practices’ lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried."

"Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them."

"Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve."

"A lot of people dream, and while they are busy dreaming, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people are busy doing."

"Failure isn’t the enemy. Giving up is. Mistakes teach. Setbacks sharpen skills."

"Things won't go perfect. It's all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes."

"If you can't dream big, ridiculous dreams, what's the point in dreaming at all?"

"If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!"

"Do your duty and a little more, and the future will take care of itself."

"Take a chance. It’s the best way to test yourself. Have fun and push boundaries."

"Success can be attained in any branch of human labor. There is always room at the top in every pursuit. Concentrate all your thought and energy upon the performance of your duties."

"Ditch the dream and be a doer."

"Strive for greatness."

"The same thing that’s true in gymnastics is also true in life: You can’t go back. The best you can do is forgive yourself, take a deep breath, and get to work on the next challenge."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"You don’t have to work for a big corporation if you don’t want to. Start your own. Start your own business."

"The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff."

"Sometimes, you have to make your own way when no one else believes in you."

"When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?"

"If you want to create and capture lasting value, don’t build an undifferentiated commodity business."

"Believe in your dreams, work hard, and never give up; miracles can happen."

"What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you-what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind-you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy."

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."

"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."

"The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal, apply the 5-second rule."

"You are not a lottery ticket."

"Dare to dream big, take risks, and conquer your fears."

"Your focus on hating yesterday is killing your opportunity to love tomorrow."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

"It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from; you can make it."

"Every week is different for me, so I understand that I have to turn challenges into opportunities, demonstrating that persistence and courage pay off."

"If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will – even if it’s not immediately obvious."

"As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass."

"The future depends on what we do in the present."

"There is never a bad time to start a business – unless you want to start a mediocre one."

"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."

"I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

"When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open."

"Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action."

"Dreams have no limitations; they are the fuel that drives us forward."

"Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you."

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment."

"If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table."

"Don’t let fear be a roadblock."

"Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life."

"You only live once. So do what you feel passionate about. Take chances, professionally. Don’t be afraid to fail."

"I'm not going to continue knocking on that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that."

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

"One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

"The brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit."

"Perfection is the enemy of profitability."

"A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better."

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one!"

"We've been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can't put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right?"

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten."

"Opportunity does not knock; it presents itself when you beat down the door."

"If you can’t tolerate critics, don’t do anything new or interesting."

"Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

"You didn’t grow up driving…you figured it out."

"If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness."

"Luck is when opportunity meets preparation."

"Don't wait for opportunity. Create it."

"A weed is no more than a flower in disguise."

"Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing."

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes."