Quotes about Opportunity

When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. But he decided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. When he's an old man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

He closed the door but he knew that, for those who seek to step beyond the threshold, the door is always open. You need only turn the knob.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities... Each one of us can create something remarkable with our lives.

We must have the attitude that every child in America - regardless of where they're raised or how they're born - can learn.

All things lie dark in possibility.

Live, for this is the time of your life.

To all of us comes that moment in life when we are literally tapped on the shoulder to do a very special thing unique to ourselves and our talents. What a pity if that moment finds us unprepared.

Faith is not about a building or a lifestyle. You can minister in many ways besides attending services or being a preacher. And I think that that's what I feel most thankful for--that I have the opportunity to minister now, in my own way.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

[On Hollywood:] There are millions to be grabbed out here, and your only competition is idiots. Don't let this get around.

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.

Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile. Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.