Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-13] of 13 Opportunity quotesOpportunity QuotesOpportunity Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.~ Albert Camus This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.~ James Clyburn The best wrestler is not he who has learned thoroughly all the tricks and twists of the art, which are seldom met with in actual wrestling, but he who has well and carefully trained himself in one or two of them, and watches keenly for an opportunity of practising them.~ Demetrius the Cynic I have no sympathy for the narrow, selfish notion of economy which assumes that every crumb of bread which goes into the mouth of one class is so much taken from the mouths of another class.~ Frederick Douglass Governor Thomas was so pleas'd with the Construction of this Stove, as describ'd in it, that he offer'd to give me a Patent for the sole Vending of them for a Term of Years; but I declin'd it from a Principle which has ever weigh'd with me on such Occasions, viz. That as we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of Others, we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.~ Benjamin Franklin Unfortunately, the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect, equality before the law and personal freedom are under attack by the nation’s own government. That’s why, if we want to restore a free society and create greater well-being and opportunity for all Americans, we have no choice but to fight for those principles. ~ Charles Koch Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity.~ Irving Kristol There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.~ General Douglas MacArthur ... absolutely we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.~ Gavin Newsom I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.~ John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.~ Bertrand Russell Remember, the sky starts at your feet.~ Eric Schaub Before the creation of the welfare state, immigrants who came to this country were for the most part attracted by America’s reputation as a land of freedom and opportunity. Laws and customs that then prevailed required immigrants to carve out their individual destinies by their own labor, perseverance, intelligence, and determination.~ James Thornton Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print