Opportunity Quotes

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

“America is another name for opportunity.”

“In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.”

“We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.”

“Tardiness often robs us of opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.”

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”

“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”

“Every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack.”

“America's a land of second opportunities.”

“Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America.”

“I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.”

“You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.”

“Sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.”

“The greatest are an inspiration for all the kids who wake up early in the morning. Everyone watches you, is inspired by you and wants to be you. So you influence society. I want everybody to start with the same chance.”