opportunity quotes

“In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.”

— Franz Kafka

“To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. ”

— Kobe Bryant

“There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.”

— Hillary Clinton

“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

— Maya Angelou

“No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.”

— William James

“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.”

— Douglas MacArthur

“I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.”

— Steve Martin

“You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.”

— Barack Obama

“Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.”

— Colin Powell

“Change brings opportunity.”

— Nido Qubein

“I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.”

— Mitt Romney

“We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.”

— Mitt Romney

“Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.”

— Mitt Romney

“Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.”

— Mitt Romney

“We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.”

— Mitt Romney

“It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.”

— Mitt Romney

“The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.”

— Mitt Romney

“I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.”

— Mitt Romney

“I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.”

— Mitt Romney

“Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.”

— Mitt Romney

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”

— Ayn Rand

“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”

— Tony Robbins

“There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.”

— Wayne Dyer

“Opportunity makes a thief.”

— Francis Bacon