Quotes About Opportunity

Do It! Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. —Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president

Here are some reasons kids join gangs. You tell me which might be applicable here." The list included: looking for a sense of respect and power; gangs become family, when kids have real or imagined problems at home; encroachment from a larger city nearby, sometimes engendered by transfer students; for self-protection from other gangs; to make money, have nice things.

You've been given a second chance at true love. Few of us are rarely given even a first chance. If you ruin this, you will be a bigger fool than I could ever imagine. This time when he leaves you, it really will be your fault.

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene Success

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. - Alexander Graham Bell

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. - Seth Godin

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present. - Alice Morse Earle

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. - Alexander Graham Bell Good

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. - Flip Wilson

First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.

Pete drained his cup, then set it on the table. "In the words of that great humanitarian Jerry Maguire, 'Show me the money.

It's not what you know, it's when you know it.

more than half of med school students are women.

Ninety-year-old Irving Fradkin, an optometrist from Fall River, Massachusetts, who started a grass-roots scholarship fund, flanked by a dozen grateful kids among the hundreds of thousands he'd sent to college.

For 42 years, I've been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience, education, and training. And on January 15th, the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal.

So just ask the question. After all, what's the worst that could happen? "No" isn't really so bad, and "Yes" might take you places you'd never expect.

A boat is always safe in the harbor," she wrote. "But that's not what boats are built for.

been give a second chance, Nurse, an' I'm grabbing it wi' both hands.' And presently, when the tea was finished and the biscuits crunched down, Rose snuggled under the covers, careful to keep her injured arm away from her body, and was soon fast asleep –

The bottom line is, life is for living, sweetie. It's for taking chances and trying to grab up every little piece of happiness you can latch on to.

Allen Walker, we're giving you a chance to abandon the Order of your own free will. (heart) This is your retirement party. (heart)

you. They're just looking for a door so they can come back." "Door?" MacBride was frowning, plainly

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is ready cash–use it.