Quotes About Opportunity

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

I'm crafting a vision of my life that involves creativity. And Cuban society allows me to do this. I know it's harder in the U.S. where so many people are just grateful to have a job.

As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.

I think our biggest problem in society is we're headed more and more toward a two-tiered society. That is, creating welfare for the wealthy and destroying opportunities for the disadvantaged.

It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.

Society is like this card game here, cousin. We got dealt our hand before we were even born, and as we grow we have to play as best as we can.

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.

Girls' education is the single best investment that any society can make.

I believe in a free society, where aspiration and effort can make the difference in every life. Where your starting point is not your destiny and where your first chance is not your only chance.

We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for whatever discipline they're in.

I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.

For a society as abundant and as blessed as ours, to have as many disadvantaged children as we have does not bode well for our long-term economic future.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

We have 200, 000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.

Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us.

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!