{"id":107239,"date":"2015-12-28T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=107239"},"modified":"2015-12-28T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T08:13:52","slug":"top-10-quotes-on-opportunity-richard-branson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/107239\/top-10-quotes-on-opportunity-richard-branson\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 quotes on opportunity: Richard Branson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Branson, businessman, investor, and founder of Virgin Group, says that opportunity favours the bold, a lesson that he learned early on, and has used to guide the Virgin story.<\/p>\n

“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes \u2013 then learn how to do it later,” he said.<\/p>\n

Branson provides his top 10 quotes on opportunity:<\/p>\n

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  1. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”\u00a0 \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. “You can\u2019t outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little side bets about the outcome of life\u2026 if you don\u2019t play you can\u2019t win.”\u00a0 \u2013 Judith McNaught<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. “Teachers open the doors, but you must enter by yourself.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013 Chinese Proverb<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” \u2013 Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. “Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”\u00a0 \u2013 Victor Kiam<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” \u2013 Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. “How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.” \u2013 Paulo Coelho<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. “To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen.” \u2013 Stephen Richards<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” \u2013 Peter Drucker<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. \u201cThere are no mistakes, only opportunities.” \u2013 Tina Fey<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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