Thoughts—Opportunity	
QUICK CHECK:
1. Collier:  Where does opportunity lie?
2. Javits:  a) What is gained by wishing you were 	
someplace else?  b) After you "see where you 
are," what should you do?	
3. Author Unknown:  What might opportunity 	
look like?	
4. Nixon:  Describe waht the two brush strokes 	
in the Chinese word "crisis" mean.	
5. Sugarman:  What does each problem have 
 hidden in it?
6. Einstein:  What lies in the middle of
	 difficulty?
7. Disraeli:  What is the secret of success in life?
8. Crane:  a) Do you agree or disagree?  b) Give 	
a reason for your answer.	
9. Mahoney:  a) On what 3 things should you not 	
waste time?  b)  About what 3 things should 
you think?	
10. Winfrey:  What is luck?
11. a) With which quote do you agree?  b) Give a 
 reason for your answer.	
Start	where	you	are.		Distant	fields	always	look	
greener, but opportunity lies right where you are.
    —Robert Collier
There is nothing to be gained by wishing you were 
someplace else or waiting for a better situation.  You 
see where you are — and you do what you can with 
that.    —Jacob Javits
The reason people don’t see an opportunity when 
they meet it is that it usually goes around wearing 
overalls and looking like hard work.
   —Author Unknown
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the 
word "crisis."  One brush stroke stands for danger; 
the other for opportunity.  In a crisis, beware of the 
danger — but recognize the opportunity.
   —Richard Nixon
Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so 
powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem.  The 
greatest success stories were created by people who 
recognized a problem and turned it into an 
opportunity.    —Joseph Sugarman
In	the	middle	of	difficulty	lies	opportunity.
   —Albert Einstein
The secret of success in life is for a person to be 
ready for opportunity when it comes.
   —Benjamin Disraeli
Change brings opportunity.  —Nido Qubein	
There is no future in any job.  The future lies in the 
person who holds the job. —George Crane
 
Don’t waste your time trying to control the 
uncontrollable, or trying to solve the unsolvable, 
or thinking about what could have been.  Instead, 
think about: 1) what can be if you wisely control 
what you can control; 2) solve the problems you 
can solve; 3) use the wisdom you gained from your 
victories and your defeats in the past.      
   —David Mahoney
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on 
them.   —Hugh Miller
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.    
    —Oprah Winfrey
Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring 
forth	a	flower.	 	 —Shigenori	Kameoka
Thoughts & Quotes