Quotes About Opportunity

Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

Sometimes it's an advantage to be disadvantaged

If you've struck gold, why go in search of brass?

One worm who's happily found himself in a barrel of fresh apples

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birth is life's first lottery ticket.

Sometimes it's an advantage to be disadvantaged,' said Harry.

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My father is a doorman at the Plaza, my mother works in Bloomingdale's, so I was educated at the university of life.

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wrong side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

all Men are created equal

Fortune favours the brave.

We should, of course, look back with pride on our colonial empire, but be willing at the same time to grasp the nettles of opportunity.

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I was born near Slonim. I saw my home taken over by the Germans, my sister raped by the Russians and later I escaped from a Russian labour camp and was lucky enough to reach America. I'm not mad. This is the only country in the world where you can arrive with nothing and become a millionaire though damned hard work regardless of your background.

She would have made a great teacher, and hundreds of children would have benefited from her wisdom and common sense. The truth is, we lost two generations of men in world wars, and two generations of women who weren't given the chance to take their places.

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For the senior boys," he turned his attention to the back of the hall, "you don't have a moment to lose if you hope to be offered a place at the school of your first choice. Never settle for second best.

If you are lucky enough to have been born an Englishman, you have drawn first prize in the lottery of life.' The

nearest gutter if he thought it would

We need not presume to shape the distant future; we need only respect the prospects of those newly born today. End