Quotes About Opportunity

to be an American, a citizen of what I believe to be, despite its many serious imperfections, the most open, the most free, the most just society in all of human history. In America no one should be guaranteed success, but everyone should have a fair chance to succeed.

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

What's the point of merit that exists only to protect privilege?

To save our democracy, we must restructure our economy to make us equal Americans.

The country that always modeled social mobility for the rest of the world has become more class-ridden than recent aristocracies like Austria and Japan.

But to abolish assessments, as many Just Americans want to do, and then declare that we've achieved "equity," ensures that all students receive exactly the same lousy education.

The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe.

Un bon projet exécuté tout de suite vaut mieux qu'un excellent projet exécuté la semaine prochaine.

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

When the opportunity was at your hand, you did not dare to seize it. When the opportunity was lost, it became precious.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is. But they'll never know this. Not until it's too late.

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

Beneath it his skin was milky white, serene and unlined, ready to begin anew, ready for the world to write upon it.

One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right.

My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had." "If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha & Rodrick

Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes a risk.

and some soon will learn that even an ember in the ashes can still ignite a great blaze.

The man who does nothing also takes a risk.

He was not born wealthy. In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

Death is so final, whereas life is full of possibilities'' - Tyrion Lannister

Not all risks lead to ruin.

A smuggler must know the tides and when to seize them.

Only a craven would steal a fruit when he could take the orchard.