Quotes About Opportunity

Perhaps I have something of a chip on my shoulder when it comes to modern feminine education. Often youngsters are sadly miscast. I have known girls who should be tinkering with mechanical things instead of making dresses, and boys who would do better at cooking than engineering.

I, for one, hope for the day when women will know no restrictions because of sex but will be individuals free to live their lives as men are free—irrespective of the continent or country where they happen to live.

Never wait for opportunity to knock at your door. If you can't find any, then create one yourself.

Poverty is not a respecter of man.

Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.

Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity answers.

Eger onundeki kapilar bir daha yuzune kapanacak olursa, hayatinin sona ermedigini dusun. Sona eren sey yalnizca hayatlarinin birincisidir ve digeri baslamak uzere sabirsizlanmaktadir. O zaman bir gemiye bin, seni bekleyen bir kent vardir.

Ak?ll? olman için dua etmiyorum. Ak?ll? olursan akl?n? güçlülerin hizmetine verirsin. Talihli olman? istiyorum ki ak?ll? insanlar sana hizmet etsinler.

A qui donc appartient le monde ? A aucune race en particulier, à aucune nation en particulier. Il appartient, plus qu'à d'autres moments de l'Histoire, à tous ceux qui veulent s'y tailler une place.Il appartient à tous ceux qui cherchent à saisir les nouvelles règles du jeu - aussi déroutante soient-elles - pour les utiliser à leur avantage.

La défaite est quelquefois une opportunité, les Arabes n'ont pas su la saisir. La victoire est quelquefois un piège, les Israéliens n'ont pas su l'éviter.

c'est qu'après la mort du « compromis historique » à l'italienne, plus aucune opportunité ne s'est présentée pour que la guerre froide se termine par un « match nul ». La défaite du « camp socialiste » était en train de devenir inéluctable. Aujourd'hui, sans mérite, nous le savons ; en 1978, les Soviétiques ne le savaient pas.

Ability makes the opportunity flowery.

Every moment is auspicious. There is always some magic in it.

One should never trouble about getting a better job. But one should do one's present job in such a manner as to qualify for a better job when it comes along." The

Black illiteracy decreased to 16.4 percent in 1930, from 45 percent in 1900. Fewer black babies died at birth—by half. Black life expectancy was rising. Most important, blacks were able to find work at about the same rates whites did. Data from the 1930 census would show black unemployment nationally standing slightly below white unemployment.

Any man of energy and initiative in this country can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or by a tax system which denies him the right to receive a reasonable share of his earnings, then he will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends.

A birthday is a good time to begin anew; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them on again.

I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." —Sydney Harris1

I'm not holding myself out as a model, but I do believe that we in America can ask more of children than we typically do, and they will not only respond to the challenge, but thrive.

Love's for fools wise enough to take a chance.

There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet. Sarah L. (Sadie) Delany

I could see the genius in allowing future to evolve. You could create momentum. You could launch something and see where it goes. You couldn't line everything up, like so many dominoes, and make everything fall into place.