Quotes About Opportunity

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world.

By picking a few winners, the Race to the Top competition abandoned the traditional idea of equality of educational opportunity, where federal aid favored districts and schools that enrolled students with the highest needs.

Diane Von Furstenberg

Playing it safe never got anyone to the summit

Those who hesitate, never make the leap

You never know when your number is called, just don't get caught holding a bag of regrets.

Rahm Emanuel told the Wall Street Journal, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." There was a short window for the new Obama administration, "an opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before

THE SECOND MAJOR THEME running through the Tea Party movement is the call for personal responsibility. The founding documents built institutions that allowed for individuals to chase their dreams and be responsible for their own successes and failures. Tea Partiers value equality of opportunity, not equality of outcomes. For us, it is all about the rights of the individual over the collective.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

Ni hablar de que mi madre fuera al liceo. Rindió y obtuvo su certificado de estudios, lo que le provocó —y aún le provoca— un gran orgullo, e inmediatamente después la "ubicaron como mucama". En efecto, apenas cumplían los catorce años, la institución ponía a trabajar a los niños que estaban a su cargo: los varones en una granja (fue el caso de su hermano mayor) y las niñas como empleadas domésticas.

Den größten Fehler, den man im Leben machen kann, ist, immer Angst zu haben, einen Fehler zu machen.

Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable.

Opportunity Even to hear the teachings is something very rare, which only happens once in aeons. That you have met the Dharma now is not just coincidence. It results from your past positive actions. Such an opportunity should not be wasted. If your mind is in accord with Dharma, you will not experience any problems with the things of this life; while if you are constantly preoccupied with your ordinary pursuits, your problems will increase, and nothing will be accomplished.

Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else.

The poor are not a problem but rather an opportunity to show unconditional love.

Let us not see today's troubles as a reason to give up; let us see them as an opportunity for God to deliver.

davvero non ci fosse nulla, soltanto un nero macigno assomigliante a una monaca, e che i suoi occhi si fossero ingannati, un po' di stanchezza, null'altro, una stupida allucinazione. Ora sentiva perfino un'ombra di opaca amarezza, come quando le gravi ore del destino ci passano vicine senza toccarci e il loro rombo si perde lontano mentre noi rimaniamo soli, fra gorghi di foglie secche, a rimpianger la terribile ma grande occasione perduta.

Zaman elini sizden daha çabuk tuttu, sizinse art?k her ÅŸeye yeniden baÅŸlama hakk?n?z yok.

But at a certain point we turn round, almost instinctively, and see that a gate has been bolted behind us, barring our way back (...) Then we understand that time is passing and that one day or another the road must come to an end.

When asked what was the proper time for supper If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

The average man may be capable of benefiting by initiation, or he may not; it also depends upon his capacity; but each individual should have the opportunity of advancing to the highest development of which he is capable.