Quotes about Opportunity
People who are underprivileged have more to grieve and have more to overcome.
- Sheryl Sandberg
If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.
- Hillary Clinton
The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.
- Brigham Young
If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN!
- Desmond Tutu
Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
- Sonia Sotomayor
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.
- Hillary Clinton