Quotes About Opportunity

We make a mistake when we stereotype neighborhoods as 'bad' and not worth our attention or investment.

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work

guaranteed jobs and decent wages

For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.

the power of higher ed

Then there are disturbing reports like the recent study showing that, in terms of wealth, black and Hispanic college graduates actually "fared significantly worse" in the late recession than did members of those groups who hadn't gone to college. The people in question were the ones who did everything right, who went through life the way our society instructs us to, and they were punished for it.

My parents told me, "Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving." I tell my daughters, "Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job."

My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Where God gives opportunity for preaching it is more than likely that he has some people to convert. Usually the Word of God takes root among some, though often in but a few.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Remember this, I beseech you, all you boys who are getting into the upper forms. Now is the time in all your lives, probably, when you may have more wide influence for good or evil on the society you live in than you ever can have again.

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.

Great offense and poor defense translate into under accumulation of wealth.

The "some college," "four-year college graduate," and "no college" types who have high incomes often had a head start on many well-educated workers.

It's amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it. You'll be surprised how many sales calls you can make when you have no alternative except to succeed.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career.

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.

I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual.