Quotes about opportunity
opportunity government order
In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important issues. Those accustomed to suppression and control by governmental authority see this as leading only to chaos. But a government of the people requires difference of opinion in order to discover truth and to take advantage of the opportunity that only understanding brings. Thomas Jefferson
opportunity marathon runners
Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner. Robert Herjavec
opportunity miracle normal
Today is just another normal day full of miracles, gifts, and opportunities. Robert Holden
opportunity goal new-opportunity
Every day is a new opportunity to reach that goal. Rick Ross
opportunity men justice
Radical feminists have been making the pitch that justice demands that men and women be given an equal opportunity to make it to the top in the workplace. Rick Santorum
opportunity numbers america
I grew up in a steel town of Western Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, and when I announced for president, I announced from the factory floor. When I talk about making America the number one manufacturer again in the world, it's not just talk. When I talk about having the opportunity for people to rise again, it's not just because it polls well. Rick Santorum
opportunity wages want
I want to make sure that the American worker has an opportunity to see their wages rise and their incomes increase. Rick Santorum
opportunity careers political
Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up. Rick Santorum
opportunity giving people
I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money. Rick Santorum
opportunity medicine giving
Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs. Tabare Vazquez
opportunity giving fool
The Nobel Prize gives you an opportunity to make a fool of yourself in public. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
opportunity government surveillance
Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal authority to execute that surveillance, and finally, removing any accountable judicial oversight, creates the opportunity for unprecedented influence over our system of government. Ron Wyden
opportunity land entrepreneur
The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life precisely because it has been an open-to-all land of opportunity where entrepreneurs, thinkers and innovators are free to try, fail and then try again. Ron Wyden
opportunity doors knocking
OPPORTUNITY is not "knocking." It is pounding on your door. Tom Peters
opportunity bad-ass chance
I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her. Trey Gowdy
opportunity wanted
I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity. Trevor Nunn
opportunity littles kind
For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. Tracy K. Smith
opportunity thinking house
They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining. Tracy Morgan
opportunity careers one-day
I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career. Verne Troyer
opportunity thinking acting
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like Down to the Bone, you have the opportunity to be of service. Vera Farmiga
opportunity men justice
What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice. Robin Hayes
opportunity thinking giving
I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity. Robin Gibb
opportunity excellence never-quit
When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit. Robert Rodriguez
opportunity mobility want
The core principle is that we want an economy that works for everyone, not just for a small elite. We want equal opportunity, not equality of outcome. We want to make sure that there's upward mobility again, in our society and in our economy. Robert Reich
opportunity equality should-have
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference. Robert Reich
opportunity people together
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together. Robert Redford
opportunity space tests
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight. Robert Crippen
opportunity yesterday giving
I admire people who re-create themselves. And it seems to me that what gives us all the opportunity to be heroic in our own lives is that we work to heal ourselves and be better than we were yesterday. Robert Crais
opportunity may matter
As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it! Robert Collier
opportunity great-things inertia
The great thing is the start - to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer - and him for nothing. Robert Collier
opportunity past years
There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers. Richard P. Feynman
opportunity intelligent political
American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest. Richard Dawkins
opportunity difficult-situations important
It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself and come back stronger. The message is: life need not have limits. Having an opportunity in life is important but what defines you is what you do with that opportunity. Richard Whitehead