A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.__Harry Truman
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.__Francis Bacon
Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better.__Unknown Author
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.__Nelson Mandela
It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.__Woody Allen
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.__Ann Landers
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.__Sun Tzu
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.__Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind
Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.__Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects, 1980