Quotes About Opportunity

Hay encrucijadas en el destino que no podemos reconocer en el momento en que se presentan, pero si se vive tan largo como he vivido yo se pueden ver con nitidez. Allí donde se cruzan o bifurcan los caminos debemos decidir la dirección que vamos a tomar. Esa decisión puede determinar el curso del resto de nuestra vida.

The idea that everyone was equal was fine as a theoretical slogan, he said, but in practice it was an aberration. We are not equal in the eyes of

Nascemos com certas cartas, e com elas jogamos nosso jogo; alguns recebem cartas ruins e perdem tudo, mas outros jogam magistralmente com essas mesmas cartas e triunfam.

nadie se hace rico en un empleo ni invirtiendo con prudencia; el futuro es de los audaces.

I took the opportunity to tell her about you, a stupendous young man, sensible and of solid principles, handsome, hardworking, and intelligent. Etelvina, who was serving the pie, froze with the knife in the air and asked me who I was talking about.

Si pudo ser ministro de Educación sin haber terminado la escuela, igual puede ser ministro de Agricultura sin haber visto en su vida una vaca entera —comentó el senador Trueba.

Y se odió por no haberla amado y cuidado como merecía y por haber perdido la oportunidad de formar con ella un hogar amable, donde Amanda hubiera florecido.

All you regret in the end are the sins you didn't commit.

We can be rehabilitated," I would emphasize, and point to myself as an example. I would always tell people that I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand.

If it wasn't for 'Kill Bill' I probably would have been back in New Zealand three months after I left, and if it wasn't for 'Death Proof' I don't think I would be pursuing an acting career right now.

The promoters in New Zealand weren't looking at me, they didn't see the potential. But when I was fighting in China they brought me over there as a journeyman so all their guys could whup up on me. Then they realised that's not gonna happen because I kept whupping up on their guys. Then they decided, 'Let's bring this guy into our team.'

We had to move to New Zealand when I was eight for a better life.

When I left 'American Morning' in 2007, I'd focused on doing documentaries. But I thought 'Starting Point' was a great opportunity to be involved in the zeitgeist.

You get a chance like that maybe once in your lifetime, and you are lucky to sustain it over that period of time. It doesn't mean to say that whatever I do in the future has no substance to it - I may present some new material I've got, and there are definitely new angles of doing it - but I'm not looking to recreate another Led Zeppelin.

You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.

The next Led Zeppelin is playing somewhere, and they'll likely never make it because there's no infrastructure for it. They'll never get a chance.

To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends!

I feel that it was my destiny to play with Led Zeppelin, and of course I had the chance and I did it to my best ability.

If you had asked me in 2005, when I had just joined Foreigner, that I would leave the band in 2007 to play with Led Zeppelin, I would have said you're nuts.

The real minimum wage is zero.

So if people have an opportunity for a decent job, a decent education, a decent health care system and security, I know that forceful migration will be reduced to zero.

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.