Quotes About Opportunity

Around the world-even in places where there is almost nothing, the rich, the beautiful, the talented, or the very clever can always get something; in fact, the best of whatever there is.

O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, & life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

And expose war. And the old My-Country-'Tis-of' Thee lie. And the colored American Legion posts strutting around talking about the privilege of dying for the noble Red, White, and Blue, when they aren't even permitted the privilege of living for it. Or voting for it in Texas. Or working for it in the diplomatic service. Or even rising, like every other good little boy, from the log cabin to the White House. White House is right.

I live on a park bench, You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner-- You got a butler and maid. But I'm wakin' up! Say, ain't you afraid That I might, just maybe, In a year or two, Move on over To Park Avenue?

Friend, I am thinking about money--which goes beyond race. If all the Negroes in the world had money, the color problem would be solved in the morning.

affirmative action's weakness and vulnerability cooperate with, and perhaps unintentionally legitimate, a meritocracy that privileges test scores over other indicators of student potential in the first place.

The great thing about crummy software is the amount of employment it generates.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

The playing field is more sacred than the stock exchange, more blessed than Capital Hill or the vaults of Fort Knox. The diamond and the gridiron -- and, to a lesser degree, the court, the rink, the track, and the ring -- embody the American dream of Eden.

I can't tell you anything about fate. I only know what I see in you when you're looking at her. Trust me when I tell you, son, life is for the living. I suggest you get on with it…before you let her walk away.

Don't let fear keep you from pushing your personal boundaries. If you do, you'll miss out on some of the most pleasurable things in life.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

Horseman. I know you were born back when women were thought of as little more than brood mares and slaves, but it's the twenty-first century, and we can do anything a man does.

son. Kareem blew us off, but you were very nice." The son was a grown man, a successful attorney in Los Angeles. His father was the CEO of the company Magic was soliciting. "My son is 29 years old now," the man said, "and he still has that picture on his wall." As Magic walked out of the meeting with a new multimillion-dollar client in his portfolio, he thought to himself, "See, Kareem? It could have been you.

Most of us are one of two things: blind or chicken-shit. We wouldn't know a crossroads in our lives if it had a set of stoplights and a Denny's.

The bar is high. But now you have a ladder.

Don't say what you would or wouldn't do, honey. Cause one day you might have to.

You take what you're given, whether it's the cornfields of the Midwest or the coal mines of West Virginia, and you make your fiction out of it. It's all you have. And somehow, wherever you are, it always seems to be enough.

all people with fair opportunities to attain their full health potential to the extent possible" (Braveman, 2006, p. 167).

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

When something good comes along, take more if it's offered except for pie. Too much pie can make you sick.

Hard work can get you far, but never underestimate how much luck plays in life. Can you make your own luck? No; that's why they call it luck, but you can be open when it comes along. Try not to be angry at people who squander their luck. Bastards.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.