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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.
Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.
That's how the NFL is. It's a dangerous, violent game, and there's only so many opportunities, and only the best of the best play it.
Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.
There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.
Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.
I will continue to look for opportunities to tell stories that speak to a fresh generational, topical and multicultural point of view.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.
Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.
When you spin a globe and point to a city and actually go to that city, you build an allowance of missed opportunities on the back end.
If you don't speak English, then there is no way you can take full advantage of the opportunities that modern Britain has to offer you.
I got great opportunities on 'SmackDown' - myself and Daniel Bryan, we reinvented ourselves; we got steam behind us again on that show.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.
Let's use the opportunities before us to stand for Christ. If we will do, God himself will honor our efforts and America can be restored.
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.
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.
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.
Looting speaks to a lack of economic opportunities - frankly, we all would loot, too, if our families' continued survival depended on it.
I do believe that as the country becomes more attractive in the manufacturing sector, salaries can improve, and opportunities can expand.
Being in bands and plugging away with not many opportunities and no money for many years really shaped me and taught me about work ethic.
Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.
I am very fortunate, very grateful for everything that has happened to me, everything I've done, all the opportunities, so I'm very happy.
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
I worked hard at whatever task I was given and embraced leadership opportunities, whether as a crossing guard, an altar boy, or a general.
I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.
I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.
I see incredible opportunities for transportation to benefit from rapidly advancing automation, connectivity, and information technologies.
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.
I wanted to be successful enough that I'd have opportunities to talk about the church. I wanted people to listen whenever I talked about it.
Honestly, I'm just trying to do the best I can with every opportunity I'm given, and when I'm given the opportunities make the most of them.
I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things work even when people thought it wouldn't.
I want every person in New South Wales, no matter where they live, to feel that they have the choices and the opportunities to be their best.
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Television has been very good to me. I grew up on it, and it had quite an impact on me. I'm entertaining opportunities that are coming my way.
You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
When the opportunities come, we may not want to buy another nickel asset, but if something comes cheap enough, we're all about return on equity.
It's not a good idea to always look for new frontiers, especially when you have opportunities in your existing businesses, in your own backyard.
I take pride in a lot of things people take for granted, so when opportunities come my way, I just cherish them and try to make the most of them.
Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities.
Shifting towards low-carbon energy systems can avert climate catastrophe while creating new opportunities for investment, growth, and employment.