Quotes About Opportunity

I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.

I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there are many good ones. We just haven't nurtured our voices.

Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility.

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

It is no disgrace to start all over; it is usually an opportunity.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.

I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.

Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.

When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.

I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it.

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.