Quotes about Opportunity
The proper education of poor children [is] the ground-work of almost every other kind of charity.... Without this foundation firstlaid, how much kindnessis unavoidably cast away?
— Laurence Sterne
Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.
— Ronald Reagan
The opportunity is not in being momentarily popular with the anonymous masses. It's in being missed when you're gone, in doing work that matters to the tribe you choose.
— Seth Godin
We may not realize it, but a crucial step in building a healthy economy is helping people move from welfare to work.
— Todd Young
A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.
— Will Rogers
The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses.
— Mike Pence
God gave you the sea, but you still have to fish for yourself.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Risk little, earn little. Risk much, earn much. Risk all, earn all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
At 19, while studying at St Xavier's College and majoring in literature and sociology, I got my first job as a copywriter. It was at a company called the Script Shop.
— Zoya Akhtar
We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree.
— Vance Havner
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson