I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.
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Stanley Baldwin
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Francis Bacon
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment – that which they cannot anticipate.
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Sun Tzu
We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.
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Francine Rivers
You can be saved without suffering, but you cannot be sanctified without suffering. That doesn't mean you seek it out, but it does mean you see it for what it is. It's an opportunity to glorify God.
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Mark Batterson
More Quotes By Jackie JoynerKersee
For me it's the challenge-the challenge to try to beat myself or do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future.
The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.
I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
I always keep myself in a position of being a student.
My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
