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Saturday, September 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Opportunity'

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I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual.
Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor (1962-  )
Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.
Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician (1974-  )
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
Irving Kristol, American Editor (1920-  )
I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
Barbara Kruger, American Artist
Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one.
Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach (1947-  )
I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.
Dennis Kucinich, American Politician (1946-  )
The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is.
Polykarp Kusch, German Scientist (1911-1993)
Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
Guy Laliberte, Canadian Businessman (1959-  )
More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.
Brian Lamb, American Businessman (1941-  )
I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
Wally Lamb, American Author
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
Nick Lampson, American Politician (1945-  )
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician (1864-1921)
He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
Andrew Lang, Scottish Poet (1844-1912)
The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.
Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician (1869-1938)
Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.
Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician (1869-1938)
Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.
Rick Larsen, American Politician (1965-  )
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
Doug Larson, American Cartoonist
When you have the opportunity, you strike.
Rod Laver, Australian Athlete (1938-  )
I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.
Martin Lawrence, American Comedian (1965-  )
That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
Vicki Lawrence, American Comedian (1949-  )
 
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