Quotes about Opportunity

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing that I can do to any fellow-being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

The hours that ordinary people waste, extraordinary people leverage.

I believe all suffering contains at least the opportunity for good," came his response, "but not everyone actualizes that potential. Not all of us learn and benefit from suffering; that's where free will comes in. One prisoner in a concentration camp will react quite differently from another, because of the choice each one makes to respond to the environment.

The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.

One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked. This of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away. She did it so quickly that the poor little juror (it was Bill, the Lizard) could not make out at all what had become of it; so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very little use, as it left no mark on the slate. 'Herald

We are the answers with problems to solve

The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

When you find your spiritual gift, God will give you an opportunity to use it.

Freedom is now or never.