Quotes About Opportunity

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.

We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men.

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.

No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.

I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.

Only the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. (p.148)

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.

Every man is eloquent once in his life.

Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

I had no desire to crash a man's world.

Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!

For a man not to achieve the things he has an opportunity to do is such a waste of life.

If you were going to compete successfully in a white man's world, you had to learn to play the white man's game. It was not enough that an Indian be as good as; an Indian had to be better than.

Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.

It's tough being out there doing what I'm doing in what they call a man's world.

I shall do down in history as the man who opened a door!

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women.

I couldn't turn down The Rolling Stones. A real man would never turn down the chance of working with legends like them.

If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

All men are created equal.