Quotes About Opportunity

There's always time to launch your dreams

Many times happiness is just around the corner, on that corner that we never dare to turn.

lo que nos ocurre y se nos presenta siempre es una bendición, incluso aunque no lo parezca.

las memorias se convierten en pensamientos y se manifiestan. Por eso es muy importante saber que en realidad las personas aparecen en nuestra vida para darnos otra oportunidad.

Todos sentimos un gran temor al NO, un enorme temor al rechazo. Sin embargo, si no nos arriesgamos a recibir un NO, nunca recibiremos los SÍ. ¿Qué pasa si la gente nos dice NO? Si lo pensamos bien, no es tan grave.

Muchas veces la felicidad está a la vuelta de la esquina, esa esquina que nunca nos atrevemos a doblar.

Be prepared to go the extra mile; there is less competition there.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

People only live once

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

When I was hired, I was urged] not to seek a clear definition of what I'd be doing because that would also make it clear what I was not supposed to do. Be careful not to define yourself out of an interesting job.

in any group, someone has to lead, and it might as well be a woman - provided she has done the work necessary to prepare.

EVERYONE WHO CAN should write a memoir, whether for publication or just to deposit in a drawer or beam to the cloud. There is drama in every life. Fame is irrelevant to one's worth and can sometimes be an obstacle to an appropriate appreciation of others. Further, the effort to reflect on our opportunities and choices is, for all of us, a challenge worth attempting.

Typically, it begins with a seemingly minor character—Mussolini in a crowded cellar, Hitler on a street corner—who steps forward only as dramatic events unfold. The story advances when the opportunity to act comes and Fascists alone are prepared to strike. That is when small aggressions, if unopposed, grow into larger ones, when what was objectionable is accepted, and when contrarian voices are drowned out.

THE END OF THE SUPERPOWER RIVALRY WAS A MOMENT OF INCALCULABLE promise: the third make-or-break opportunity of the twentieth century.

I felt hemmed in by barriers that men were allowed to climb over or walk around. In this, I shared a desire with many women of my era—and yes, later eras—for greater freedom.

What that something might be is for each of us to decide in accordance with our opportunities and talents, but it begins by pushing back harder against the debilitating cancer of cynicism.

Was there anyone in this world who could taste something delicious-economic freedom and political reform-a taste that was salty and fattening and sweet and promising, and only be satisfied with one mouthful? Who would wait patiently for nearly a billion people to also have a taste? No, anyone would try to get a second mouthful, a third, a whole bowl for themselves.

The best way we can help our children welcome challenges is to encourage them to work just outside their comfort zone, stand by to lend a hand when needed, and model enthusiasm for challenging tasks.

We are never free of our past, but we can be free of its unwanted intrusion into our relationship with our children and the ways in which we choose to parent. Being a parent gives us the extraordinary opportunity for a "do-over." Once again we are in a parent-child relationship, but this time we hold the cards. We can use the best of what we learned from our own parents and change the things that were out of synch or hurtful. This time around, we get to choose.

I will not be like a bird bred in a cage, I thought, too dull to fly even when the door stands open.