I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.
You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.
The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.
I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity.
It doesn't really matter where the opportunity comes from, as long as I have fun doing the work.
What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.
I think that there are more opportunities for young women in America than there are in Tanzania. But I also think there are many of the same problems.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
In all areas of your life, look for the multiplier opportunities where you can go a little further, push yourself a little harder, last a little longer, prepare a little better, and deliver a little bit more. Where can you do better and more than exp...
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the ...
While the opportunity to improve yourself and your situation is a great thing, our striving to build perfect lives seems to have morphed into perfectionism so focused on itself that we forget about others in the world. We work so hard to build the ul...
Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare....
Never miss an opportunity to learn another life skill. Just because you are an author or a doctor does not mean that you cannot learn carpentry, auto mechanics,electrical wiring, farming, or any other discipline. Each of these skills will give you th...
Do all the good you can while you still have the opportunity.
I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well.
Be attached to opportunities—money-making ideas—not a particular type of business or industry.
The bigger the mistake the bigger the opportunity.
