Quotes about Opportunity

It is of great importance to our country generally, and especially to our navigating and whaling interests, that the Pacific Coast and, indeed, the whole of our territory west of the Rocky Mountains, should speedily be filled up by a hardy and patriotic population.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

If a door is shut, go up and wiggle it a little - don't assume it's locked.

The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.

When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.

Even our deepest disappointments will ultimately prove to be gatekeepers for future delight.