Quotes About Opportunity

Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.

The social science on the impact of desegregation is clear. Researchers have consistently found that students in integrated schools - irrespective of ethnicity, race, or social class - are more likely to make academic gains in mathematics, reading, and often science than they are in segregated ones.

America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.

Social justice and economics are both issues to me.

To me, that is really fundamental to social justice: to have choices in life.

My real passion is social justice, resolving the lack of empowerment, the lack of skills, the fact that young people can't get on the housing ladder, they feel they can't have a decent job, they feel they aren't in control of their lives.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an impassioned advocate of economic justice as well as social justice.

Look at the growing middle class in India. Small businesses are not just a source of jobs and prosperity: they are the driving force of social justice too.

When the opportunity came up to do social justice work for the New School in an academic setting, and still be able to support the mayor and be part of the de Blasio family, it was kind of a no-brainer for me.

The reason that I met my wife was because the lockout of '99. There were about six months where there was no film and no work and I had a social life.

'X Factor' did a lot for me, but things truly started to take off for me when I went to social media.

I think it's a blessing that social media is such a big thing.

Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain.

Without social media, I'd probably just be a quirky, amateur photographer with a hard drive full of photos. I'd be cold calling respected publications, begging for a feature.

When it comes to brands and having the opportunity to be an entrepreneur, social media has really become a great outlet for people to become their own boss.

I was doing a little modeling on the side. Then 'ANTM' found me on social media, and it pretty much flipped my life around, all for the better.

Social media has been such a big important thing for young artists and minorities because it's a community to get noticed. It's having an audience that was never there before.

Social media absolutely changed my life and many others in a positive way.

We are increasingly using social media to drive both engagement and commerce. And because we are a commerce platform that integrates content, we believe we have a unique opportunity to make up a high button, a relative factor in social.

I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered.