Quotes About Opportunity

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Today So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did: So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.

the worst waste, that of time.

The tragedy of life is not so much what we suffer but what we miss.

To a shower of gold most things are penetrable.

One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too.

One thing he'd learned in ten years on the New York Stage was this: don't make friends with the man who plays Hamlet; make friends with the man who pays Hamlet.

England is still a place where a naughty boy who comes from nothing can live his dream.

If having it easy means there are more doors open to you, then one must not forget that you still have to navigate your life yourself.

For me, if I wasn't going to get a full scholarship to go to school, I was going to go to the Army or Navy so I could avoid debt.

I think I'm lucky in life and not just in football. I was very fortunate to play for a great organization and a great team that was really good near the end of my career.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

Growing up near Scarsdale, I should have had at least one Jewish girlfriend. Maybe at some point it'll happen.

Mr. Kraft and his family, they gave me an opportunity to come out and play in the NFL. And just to see the kind of role model Mr. Kraft is in the community, he's always around; he's here every day - darn near - he's very involved, and he's just a good man. Nothing but respect, and it starts at the top.

Now I've got near the top, I can see the games that people play. I thought everyone wanted to fight the best, and earn title shots, but it's not like that.

I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive to the nearest city.

Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18.

There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.