Quotes About Opportunity

Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.

a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something

Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime.

A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man.

Man's mind and spirit grow with the space in which they are allowed to operate.

Wall Street's graveyards are filled with men who were right too soon.

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

This is all for Naieya (daughter), man. I will be a champion one day, I promised that to her.....And now that I have this opportunity I can't let her down.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

We do not need men and women from other planets to develop India. Our people, our youth are skilled.

Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.

I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his property, without his having an opportunity of being heard.

No one got rich on a government program. Do not choose to be a common man. You can be uncommon.

Prospecting for oil is a dynamic art... The greatest single element in all prospecting, past, present and future, is the man willing to take a chance

A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.

Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.

Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.

I feel like, as women and men and people on the planet, you just have to do the best with what life gives you.

Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't.

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

If young men have jobs - or the prospects of jobs - they are less likely to take up arms, they are less likely to join the resistance.

Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.

Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.