Quotes About Opportunity

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second, we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.

There is no other time. Today is the Superbowl. Today is the day I give birth. Today is the day I die.

Seize the century.

Favor moves that increase options; shy from moves that end well but require cutting off choices; work from strong positions

You see that honky McNamara on television? He says, Yes, we are going to draft thirty percent of the Negroes in the Army. This is where they can have equal opportunity. Yeah. Yes… it's true that they are only ten percent of the population, but this is a better chance for them. When that honky talk about drafting thirty percent black people, he's talking about black urban removal—nothing else.

I'm convinced that the deck is so stacked that only a certain number can get through. I happened to be one of that certain number. That's all.

The first opportunity for this came right away. I had started a new weekly women

The public library is where place and possibility meet.

course." "One moment, sir.

There's always something else. That's what makes life so much fun.

Sometimes the noes are just as important as the yeses because they represent cul-de-sacs, allowing you to narrow your field of inquiry until you stumble into the heart of the maze.

I was more pissed off in retrospect than I'd been at the time. I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

Your moment will come because you'll make it come.

Your moment will come, and when it does, you must seize it with all the bravery you can find.

No, the mother told her. It's too dangerous there. A small incident, but when multiplied a hundred, a thousand times in a little girl's life, she learns that she's not as capable as a boy of handling life on the edge. She learns to hang back.

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. Such a notion made it virtually impossible to enjoy life.

There was so much in the world to be had and not had.

Your moment will come, and when it does, you must seize it with all the bravery you can find. Your moment will come because you'll make it come.

Your moment will come because you will make it come.

Your moment will come, and when it does, you must seize it with all the bravery you can find...Your moment will come because you'll make it come.

Is this idea of yours to help the Cuttingmasters, or is it really to advance your career?" With a knowing smile, she said, "Is there any reason I can't do both? That is what you have been doing all your life. Ambition is not a dirty word for men.

In 2016, 83 percent of the winners in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair were children of immigrants.

This was always the case with North Korea. It was like the bad boyfriend whose presence could never be depended on, so you always had to seize the opportunity to spend time with him when he made himself available.

Almost no one understood the fundamental idea behind writing a job application letter. They would write sentences such as I have no job and would like a job or I am bored and want a job. The entire concept of making oneself marketable in the eyes of a prospective employer did not exist.