#opportunities

Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#blind #comes #even #get #goals

A core challenge for Australia is - how do we best prepare ourselves for the Asia Pacific century - to maximise the opportunities, to minimise the threats and to make our own active contribution to making this Asia-Pacific Century peaceful, prosperous and sustainable for us all. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#asia #australia #best #century #challenge

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#action #big #come #decisions #dreams

I feel really lucky to be in a band where the guys, for all the opportunities to do things that potentially would be good for them but detrimental to the group, that everybody stayed loyal to the whole. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#detrimental #everybody #feel #good #group

Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public. ↗

— Nate Silver

#get #impression #make #many #opportunities

God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#arrows #attention #away #because #beloved

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#exhaust #genius #human #i #know

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#friendships #into #just #like #luck

Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#economic #economic opportunities #expand #got #municipal

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility. ↗

— Teresa Palmer

#always #dreamt #exposure #i #make