Quotes About Opportunity

Small business is the backbone of America.

Small business is America's engine of job creation.

Small business is big business in the state of Alabama.

Don't look at small business as a means to an end and a way to make money until the corporation hires you; look at it as a chance to create something of immeasurable value and beauty in a world that desperately needs it.

As someone who started a small business from scratch, I know how important it is for families and for communities to have strong job creation.

We need to open up private sector markets. We need to empower small business people, working Georgians, and entrepreneurs.

As a small business owner myself, I understand what it is like to scale up a business in the early years.

Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.

When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.

I want to buy more property, start a couple of small businesses, and if my cousin wants to go to college, I want to put him through with ease.

Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

Small businesses are the backbone of Oklahoma's economy, creating a large portion of jobs in our state.

Small businesses create half of the jobs in the private sector.

We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

As you probably know, half of the people who work in this country work for small businesses. And it's more than that, because two out of every three net new jobs come from small business. So we mean it when we talk about small business being the engine for the economy.

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small businesses just after I was born.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy. I think we have something like 40,000 small businesses that are immigrant-run in New York.

The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small.

Shutterstock has evolved from an image-based marketplace for small businesses to a much broader platform, with a large and expanding addressable market opportunity.

The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.

Economic recovery begins with our small businesses.

At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.