Quotes About Opportunity

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position.

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

To the man of faith, there is not a thing that is not opportunity.

If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.

As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!

The wise man once said invest young

Always consider investing in a grade-A man with a grade-B idea. Never invest in a grade-B man with a grade-A idea.

Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. Ain't nothing fair. You know that.

For a woman to go out alone into architecture is still very, very hard. It's still a man's world.

Nashville, man. That's the place to be.

A real man makes his own luck.

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.

Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.

He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready.

The man who attracts luck carries with him the magnet of preparation.

The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.