Quotes About Opportunity

Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.

The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.

In every organization, there are many people, from senior leaders to first-time managers, who have the power to elevate women in the workplace. I wouldn't be in the position I'm in today without several key people in power believing in me and giving me a chance to succeed.

The issue of women in the workplace is not a women's issue: it's an economic problem.

All women should have the ability to get ahead with hard work, be treated fairly in the workplace, and live free from fear.

We will not achieve gender equality in the workplace until we fix our system of parental leave.

Something I do naturally is I just involve women in my professional work. I hire them, I pay them, I put them in the workplace I'm involved in.

Lack of dignity and equal opportunity at workplace for women in cinema is a truth that needs role reversal.

Men have realized that when it comes to the workplace, both the sexes have equal stake because jobs are given based on talent and skill.

I am focused on ensuring all Alabama children get a good start and have the resources they need to complete school, be prepared for the workplace and ultimately succeed.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.

I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.

Advertising works most effectively when it's in line with what people are already trying to do. And people are trying to communicate in a certain way on Facebook - they share information with their friends, they learn about what their friends are doing - so there's really a whole new opportunity for a new type of advertising model within that.

I'm a quarter Chinese and three-quarter Filipino. I don't look Filipino; I look more Chinese or Korean. It actually works in my favor: in terms of roles, it gives me a broader canvas.

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.

I did drop out of uni, but I worked in PR for a while and then I worked as a runner on 'Loose Women,' 'The Alan Titchmarsh Show' and 'Hairy Bikers,' so I know how the industry works.

I really love the BBC, and my wife works for them, and they've given me lots of work!

We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great example of an actor who works for years and then suddenly he gets a part and everybody knows him.

The world doesn't throw a billion dollars at a person because the person wants it or works so hard they feel they deserve it.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

You gotta follow the white guys. Truly. They've got this thing wired. Too often, we live within their games, so why would you not study what works? Take away the bad stuff - because there's a lot - and use the savvy interesting stuff and figure out how they can apply. It's a good one for the ladies.

I support social market economy. But it only works if there is fair competition.

We shouldn't be fixated to one sport. The Olympics come once in four years, and every athlete works very hard towards that. It's so special in one's career.