Quotes About Opportunity

An aha moment is not a happy ending—it's an open doorway, one you have to choose to walk through.

I now see transitions for what they are: the dawn of a new chapter. As miraculous as beginnings can be, they can also be excruciating.

Empire" isn't just about New York. It's about hope. No matter where we're from, we all want the opportunity to work hard and breathe life into our ambitions.

Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.

There come few times in a person's life where there is a clear choice," said Cadvan at last. "The difference between one person and another is how they meet that choice.

There come a few times in a person's life where there is a clear choice," Cadvan said. "The difference between one person and another is how they meet that choice

The future is uncertain and thus holds the possibility of happiness for us all;

It was lucky for Fred that he had already published two solid articles and was in the eighteenth century, where good candidates are scarce. Fred

All it takes is a single moment.

Americans think their odds of success, and of rising from the bottom to the top, are much higher than they are

With a face and a figure and an acting talent like that, she could have had Hollywood tramping a path of beaten gold to her doorstep.

Talking about history is not like living it, I guess. Some people have more choice than others.

No woman (or man) becomes a corporate manager, gets tenure at a university, or is elected to public office by showing their capacity for cooperation, sharing, emotional sensitivity, and nurturing.

Talent and intelligence, not to mention tireless hard work, got lab scientists through the door, but—this was the dirty secret—you needed luck.

On the side of the Union," Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.70

The sky is not the limit — the ground is.

The dog and the butler could go, but the rest had serious potential.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

Life is full of risks. The trick is to know which ones are worth taking.

The past doesn't define us. It's what we do with the present that determines our future.

I auditioned for 'Girls' the fall after I graduated from Yale. The show has been amazing - as close to perfect as it gets!

The past is who you are. The future is what you do with that.

life sometimes grants us second chances, and if they should fall upon you, if you should be lucky enough to be offered another chance at happiness, then you'd be a fool not to seize it.

There's always more than one path, and to think otherwise is what resigns you to fate.