Quotes about Opportunity

Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

This young century will be liberty's century.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

Ebonics is not a separate language. It is ghetto speech and substandard English. To claim that ebonics is a positive way of communicating for blacks is to condemn blacks to menial jobs and economic inferiority. A person who fails to learn correct language skills is forever handicapped in seeking employment.

Blacks must learn that true freedom from poverty is available only through hard work and perseverance, not through affirmative action programs, protesting, or blind allegiance to the Democratic party.

All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.

I believe the declaration that 'all men are created equal' is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

Fill the cup, and fill the can: Have a rouse before the morn: Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.

I believe men and women are the same and that women should be given an equal chance to serve God with men.