Quotes About Opportunity

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.

Well, gold contains all things in embryo; gold realizes all things for us.

Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top.

I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.

If you--or anyone on this train, for that matter--thought of life as a kind of train, instead of worrying only about your usual destinations, you'd be surprised how far you could go, just with the money you have in your wallet right now.

In retrospect I realise that fate was a ladder on which, at the time, I could not afford to miss a single rung.

La magia tiene sempre la porta aperta. Davvero, sempre. Trovarla dipende solo da noi.

If I'd known things would end this way, we could have gone and done all that stuff instead of making excuses about my job, about how your mother couldn't spare the time

You never risked everything; you risked as little as possible. You sold the idea of risking everything to the sort of idiot who thought that was how you got rich, but you kept your own risks to an absolute minimum. That way if you did make a mistake--and everybody made mistakes, or they weren't really trying--it didn't finish you. Let others ruin themselves--there were always rich pickings in the wreckage--but don't ever risk too much yourself.

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water. Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side. It's not surprising a lot of people have given up compeating altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk and shout abuse. What the human race needs is a lot more streakers.

Leadership is not a power, it is an opportunity to discover the possibilities, overcome the limitations and a responsibility to make new leaders.

The notion haunts me that I am being given one last chance to redeem something of myself. I am not speaking of the soul, I am not that far gone in my dotage. But there may be some small, precious thing that I can buy back, as once I bought back Mama Vander's silver pill-box from the pawnbroker's.

I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.

People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

Three months is a lifetime in politics

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hiring somebody's son. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted -- or at least, most of the time.

People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

A good GI bill would increase the recruit pool.

Salvation happens every time someone with a key uses it to open a door he could lock instead.