Quotes About Opportunity

That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.

Women can achieve power and purpose in whatever profession they pursue, position they hold or whether they are caring for their children full time.

Police work was fascinating, and I didn't imagine that acting was something a kid from San Mateo, California, could really pursue.

It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

Working with a full Hollywood team has been an awesome learning experience, and I definitely want to pursue acting more.

I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the character. I didn't walk off the show with a three-picture deal to pursue this wonderful film career.

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

There are two reasons to pursue diversity and inclusion. One, because you believe one group has benefitted from hundreds of years of discrimination, or two, maybe you don't like that women make 73 cents on the dollar compared to men.

It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.

For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.

The California Science Center is a cornerstone in California's push to educate and encourage students to reach their full potential and to pursue careers in science and engineering.

The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance.

'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the opportunity to pursue a career.

I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.

When we tell girls that we expect them to pursue education and excel in education, we are changing the narrative and are opening the door to the leaders of our future.

I moved across the country when I was 16, so I left my high school and finished school online in order to pursue my acting more.

I'd love to start doing some films and really kind of pursue acting as much as possible. That's really where my main focus is.

I had to decide whether I should try to play pro football after high school or try to pursue my powerlifting career.

I moved to Mumbai to pursue my degree after high school.

But in terms of what men and women can do, I believe and I think that America as a whole believes that women can do the same jobs as men and that we're not created unequally when it comes to the opportunities that we can pursue and the kind of work that we can do.

Senior year in college, a kind of confluence of events came together to have me pursue a career in acting. I was planning on being a lawyer; I double majored in history and political science. I took the LSAT and did horribly on it, and that was one thing that made me rethink a new direction.

I was fortunate enough to make it to where I want to be. There could be other kids as talented or more talented than me in whatever they want to be but don't have the resources to pursue their dream. Maybe they have to get a job instead to help their mom with the bills.

Every girl deserves the right to pursue their dreams.

I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.