Quotes About Opportunity

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

When I initially committed to joining 'Dancing with the Stars,' I didn't realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity.

While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree.

'Zubaan' is the first film I had signed as a lead. It was an opportunity I was waiting for, coming at a time when I was getting shortlisted for roles but was unable to make the final cut.

It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.

When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable.

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

We have an opportunity to achieve great things. But only if we are unafraid of change, and willing to make difficult choices.

The greatest tragedy in life is that some prayers go unanswered as they go unasked.

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.

When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

Being the Lux girl has been a real journey! I did my first ad before my first film released. I was shy and unaware.

All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.

For me, being able to say that my first-ever photo shoot was with one of the most well-known and iconic fashion photographers in the world is unbelievable.

Boston is an unbelievable city, and for any athlete looking to become involved in the community, this is the perfect place.

Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.

Don't get me wrong: it's unbelievable getting linked with big clubs. That's where you want to go; of course it is.

Leicester have been unbelievable to me, and I'm really happy there, but I'm also an ambitious player, and everyone wants to play at the top.

Where I've come from and my background, to fight at Madison Square Garden against the biggest name in boxing is unbelievable.

I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth.

There are no guarantees getting into an England squad: there's so many unbelievable players.

Chris Brown is a fantastic artist and songwriter and to be able to work with him was kind of unbelievable.

I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break.

It's a business driven by curiosity. If you don't want to go out and learn about the world and see the place, it's the wrong business. But if you do... I've had an unbelievable front row seat.