Definition of Opportunity
Opportunity
op·por·tu·ni·ty


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a set of instances or circumstances that can become advantageous;

e.g. The food fight was a great opportunity for us to slip away unnoticed.

(noun)
a chance for employment or advancement in position;

e.g. The company has many career opportunities at their San Francisco headquarters.



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  • "Change brings opportunity." -- Nido Qubein

  • "Every day is a new opportunity to change your life. You have the power to say 'This is not how my story ends'." -- Karen Salmansohn

  • "If you don't ask, you don't give them the opportunity to say yes." -- Jennifer Gue

  • "Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them." -- William Arthur Ward

  • "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Alva Edison

  • "Opportunity is never lost .... it simply moves on to someone else if you don't seize it." -- Kim Garst

  • "The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire." -- Brian Tracy

  • "We all are inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • "You create opportunities by performing, not complaining." -- Muriel Siebert

  • "Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests." -- Brian Tracy



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