I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.
For me, education has never been simply a policy issue – it’s personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the neighborhood where I grew up went to college. But thanks to a lot of hard work and plenty of financial aid, I had the opportunity to attend some of the finest universities in this country.
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn’t knock twice.
You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.
Live in the moment; make the most of any opportunity that comes your way.
The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car… a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.
Inside every adult there’s still a child that lingers. We’re happiness merchants – giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
I hope I’ll have the opportunity to debate how we reform and update our immigration system. I will relate my own story and that of the countless immigrants whose American Dream stories have helped build our country into the greatest nation in the world.
The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
Each day, we have the opportunity to learn something new, apologize for our mistakes, and become better.
Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project.
I’ll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I’ve been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it’s – it’s – and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven’t been successful at it every day.
It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter’s. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
It’s an honor for me to have the opportunity to work with Emilio Estefan.
I’ve got the opportunity to manage a big football club, a seriously big football club, and I wasn’t going to turn that down.
But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings – then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.
I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn’t speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.
I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym.
What’s important for my daughter to know is that… if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.
I want to start a foundation called Second Chance. I was given a second chance, so I want to reach out to different groups of people. It would be nice to give that opportunity to others.
I’ve always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I’ve always said I’m very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.
It’s quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it’s probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.
You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.
I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
By killing transparency and competition, crony capitalism is harmful to free enterprise, opportunity, and economic growth. And by substituting special interests for the public interest, it is harmful to democratic expression.
I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get.
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.
Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence and use it for change.
Crisis creates opportunity.
I’m grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.
I have played many negative roles in films, and television gives me an opportunity to break through this image and portray another side to me.
It’s funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I’ve had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it’s just because they don’t behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.
The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.
I had my chance in the World Cup Final and, wow, it was the opportunity I needed to show the whole world what I was capable of.
Anything is possible, and if an opportunity turned up, and it was under the right circumstances, I would love to come back to England in a coaching capacity.
We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
The two genres that probably take the most flack in literature – they are young adult and romance right now. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that these are genres that provide places for women to express desire and love for adventure, for the opportunity to be placed to heroic roles.
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
It doesn’t really matter to me whether you start or not. I play a lot of fourth quarters. I think that’s what’s most important to me. I think that’s what I’ve always cared about, just having an opportunity to finish games when it’s really winning time.
The global commitment for the Sustainable Development Goals offers a profound opportunity to tackle the structural, social, and economic changes needed to end AIDS.
When you come to Denmark, you have the chance to live in a free, peaceful country with access to free education, free medical aid and the opportunity to work. To benefit from that requires responsibility. If you don’t assume that responsibility, it is a breach in trust.
I don’t expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don’t think I’m owed anything.
My favorite part about working in theater is the rehearsal process. I absolutely love the rehearsal process. Working out the characters, figuring the character out, and the relationships between the different characters. I love all of that, which, unfortunately in film, you get very little opportunity to have.
Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees us.
I had the opportunity of making necropsies on patients dead from malignant fever and of studying the melanaemia, i.e., the formation of black pigment in the blood of patients affected by malaria.
Being a part of ‘Empire’ was a wonderful experience and opportunity to work with everyone involved.
Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity.
Make no mistake, blockchain will be a game changer, but it is not the answer to every business opportunity or problem.
If I had the opportunity, I will ask every Nigerian kid to start his career in Germany. The structure they have in the Bundesliga is far from what is obtainable in other leagues.
