Quotes About Opportunity

It's the kind of outfit one wears in the hope of meeting someone who'll help you out of it

Had Julius lived in a happier age for men of his complexion, the world might have had a black Aesop or Grimm

Families who live in public housing on the South Side of Chicago are not poor because Bill Gates lives in a big house.

others are accepted at a highly selective school but choose to attend a less selective college or university instead.

we have a treatment group (those students who attended highly selective colleges and universities) and a nonequivalent control group (those students who were talented enough to be accepted by such a school but opted to attend a less selective institution instead).

Students who attended more selective colleges earned roughly the same as students of seemingly similar ability who attended less selective schools.

the title of this chapter, "Recognize that your own motivation, ambition, and talents will determine your success more than the college name on your diploma.

The decision tree lets you know that your expected payoff is far higher than what you are being asked to invest.

The one social factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in every country where it has been studied is education. It is more important than race; it obliterates any effects of income."4

It may not be written in any book, but it is written— You can't go back, you can't repeat the unrepeatable.

Why didn't I go in? I'm such a chicken. I'm such an idiot. I should have kissed her. I've blown it. I should just go and knock on her door and just kiss her. It would be romantic. It would be something we could someday tell our kids. I'm gonna do that right now. [drives away]

But on several occasions when the opportunity had been there and all that had been required of her was to say yes, she's said no instead. Something of great magnitude had been lost, some fundamental ability within her had shut down for good, leaving her incapable of risking commitment. (less)

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

And last but not least, go for it. Go wherever you can afford to go with whomever you can get to go with you.

There's no such thing as luck. Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

If it comes easy...Take it twice

How could I have missed the opportunity to pop pills with my sister who was purer than a Quaker?

Never run after a man or a bus, there's always another one in five minutes.

There is nothing heavier than the burden of potential

few days. Or would you rather come

A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing

A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not begin to look for a mat.

If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings

If they can put one man on the moon, why can't they put them all there?