Opportunity Seeking Quotes

I'm not from a political family and didn't grow up dreaming of being George Washington. I started working in 8th grade and have held every odd job possible - working in a gravel pit, weighing big wheelers, ticket sales, data base management - but I knew if I worked hard and got experience, I could apply that experience to my next endeavor.

The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.

To this day, even when I hear about problems, as you've probably noticed, I tend to call them challenges. I don't dwell on them, and I immediately focus on how I can convert the challenge into an opportunity.

I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

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.

I like to work; I like to be creative. I work in the entertainment industry where work may come up, and it may not, so I wanted to do something proactive. I've got a brain; I don't want to just sit at home - I want to do as much as I can.

I found people I really wanted to work for; I made myself available to do whatever I could with the skills I had; I took some risk, packing up and moving to Chicago; and I looked for the opportunities that fit for me. So I think the biggest advice is to find people you love to work for who you're going to learn from.

I want to work hard, and when good roles come along I don't want to pass them up.

If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.

I went to America not for fame or fortune but to be able to communicate with the biggest audience.

Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.

Forget about the business outlook... be on the outlook for business.

Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person.

You cannot find what you do not seek. You cannot grasp when you do not reach. Your dreams won't come up to your front door. You have got to take a leap if you want to soar.

Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.

You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.

You never have to be scared to look to the future for opportunity.

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.

I'm a great believer that if you knock on enough doors and stay at the level maybe an opportunity comes.

Give yourself a chance. Now, everyone can't play basketball. But find something you're interested in.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

I'm open to all opportunities.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.