Quotes About Opportunity

On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting--died

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.

Like a woman, possibility makes demands, makes a person go all the way.

When you spend all your time looking back—" "You miss the opportunities ahead,

I think that life is a bit like a biscuit that you only get one bite at. The best thing is to just go for it. If you feel an inclination for something, just go for it. Life is too short to muck about doubting yourself. It's better to try and just shore yourself up with some sort of confidence. And get on with it!

Come quickly. You mustn't miss the dawn. It will never be just like this again.

What an amazing opportunity to do something like direct a movie and step out of your creative comfort zone and yet do something that is also so familiar at the same time. I was also just excited to have the chance to direct, which I may never get to do again.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car found a different point of entry into the same business. Originally a leasing company, it began an entry into rental cars when an enterprising manager at one of its offices began picking up customers for the start of their lease. No one else did that, and that became Enterprise's point of entry.

She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.

we can suffer economic loss and see it as an opportunity for a spiritual transformation.

Rather than fight change, a more sensible approach is to learn to live with it. Or to make a living from it.

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

Life is a chance, a story is a chance. That I am here is a chance.

Here we are, alive, and you and I will have to make it what we can.

You never get a second chance to have a first impression.

it. "You express surprise that I see my future in Canada. Let me tell you: I saw it the day I first crossed the border. I could vote there, you see, when I was still counted three fifths of a man here.

What makes a good pinch hitter? I wish the hell I knew.

In England, justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure.

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.