Quotes About Opportunity

If you don't have jobs, it's hard to have other things like health and education.

I'm not in Wall Street for my health.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up, because - well, at least where I grew up -it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system.

Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.

... the best way to help the poor is to promote economic growth and job creation

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.

We need to make a game out of earning money. There is so much good we can do with money. Without it, we are bound and shackled and our choices become limited.

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

I don't need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

I think I like a challenge. I try to find projects that will push me in a new way and help me grow.

Honestly, I look at the project and I look at the people attached and I look at the director. If it's a role that I feel will help me, as an actor, then I'll definitely take it.

I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and environmental issues.

To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.