I have long been convinced that I had heard a Ferengi (Quark, above) say that inside every opportunity lies disaster—sorry, other way about: inside every disaster lies opportunity: eventually I went looking to see what number it might be in the Rules for Acquisition. I come across lists of the rules, sometimes with reference to screened episodes and found gems such as
208: Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.
211: Employees are rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
but I did not find what I was looking for. So I searched more openly and found:
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness. Les Brown (the inspirational speaker, I think, not the bandleader)
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison
and perhaps this was what I was really looking for:
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters—one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy
That would be (from my iPhone dictionary) wei1 ji1 危 机
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