Quotes about Opportunity

Whatever Fortune brings, Don't be afraid of doing things.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

They have seen in his [Senator Stephen A. Douglas's] round, jolly, fruitful face, post offices, land offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, chargeships and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. . . . Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

This is essentially a people's contest…. It is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Forget the past, and ask me what's next.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family.

Without a lot of college film, a lot of people had written me off already. When the Patriots called, I was pretty happy.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

I'm just grateful to have a job. There are an awful lot of talented performers out there who are out of work.

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.