Quotes About Opportunity

Whatever the past may have handed on to us, it is up to each one of us to chisel our present out of the shapeless block of the future.

The principal enemy of these entrepreneurs is the existing legal s}'stem, which excludes them.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitably—after careful considerations of their relative merits—choose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.

If I had to come up with something that just came to me, I think growing up in a small town, I want knowledge. I still think today, knowledge is one of the keys.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

One cannot turn back the clock but one can move it forward. (Gendo Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ep. 22, 23:55)

She had a distressing sense of life's rushing by before she had a chance to fully make up her mind in which direction she wanted to go.

pointing towards the doorway.

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I hug them close; they're mine.

Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.

If you knew at twenty what you know at thirty-five, what a marvellous life you could have; on the other hand, you might find that you couldn't be bothered to have any life at all.

Seven Wise Men, he tells Gregory: here are their sayings. Moderation in all things, nothing to excess (those two are the same, wisdom can be repetitious). Know yourself. Know your opportunity. Look ahead. Don't try for the impossible. And Bias of Priene: pleistoi anthropoi kakoi, most men are bad.

But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I hug them close; they're mine.

Coffee was served: bitter and black, like chances missed.

I daresay something will happen, between now and '91, to make your fortunes look up.

It would have been quite in order to slap his face, but what a cliché, she thought, and besides she was off balance. She had always wanted to do it to someone, but would have preferred someone more robust; so, between one thing and another, the moment passed.

She is never put down for long. That's why men like her. There will be other times, other men, others manners.

The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if only you can see it.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.