Quotes about Opportunity

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

IT is a very old saying that you never can tell what you can do until you try. The more I see of life the more I am convinced of the wisdom of that observation.

Fate bestows its rewards on those who put themselves in the proper attitude to receive them.

To find purpose in our problems, to see past the ugliness, rather than step back, we should get closer. Only then will we notice the beauty.

Unlived life is a destructive, irresistible force that works softly but inexorably.

Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

An institution which is populare because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It is never too late to be what we might have been.

No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they'll take it back.

The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. We're dealt certain cards at birth, and we play our hand; some of us lose, but others may play skillfully from the same bad hand and triumph. Our cards determine who we are: age, gender, race, family, nationality, etc., and we can't change them, only play them to the best of our abilities. The game is marked by challenges and chances, strategizing and cheating.