“I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.” KindKidsWantedSchoolOpportunityFeltFiguresToughTough TimesFitting Author:Brie Larson
“I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.” WayGivingHeartChildrenWould BeAbleOpportunityFeltBornPoorPayMy HeartNeighborhoodGiving BackNaplesPay It ForwardHeart FeltPoor NeighborhoodsAlways In My Heart Author:Giuliana Rancic
“As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.” IfsCharacterOpportunityFeltCareersColorTypeCreating Author:Lance Reddick
“There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.” KnowsReasonNightSongOpportunityFeltCome UpCarefulFighterReason WhyBe CarefulEvery NightBlastFoo FightersHallowed Ground Author:Dave Grohl
“The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will know what it is to experience life on undeveloped, unoccupied land in the same form and character as the Creator fashioned it... It is a great spiritual experience. I never knew a man who took a bedroll into an Idaho mountainside and slept there under a star-studded summer sky who felt self-important that next morning. Unless we preserve some opportunity for future generations to have the same experience, we shall have dishonored our trust.” KnowsMenImportantSelfCharacterSpiritualFormPurposeCertainNextOpportunityStarsFeltMorningGenerationsSkyLandSummerCreatorPreservesReasonableWildernessFuture GenerationUnbornVanishingSpiritual ExperienceIdahoGreat Spiritual Author:Frank Church
“The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and having felt people's love and support first-hand through difficult moments in my life, makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. I am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.” PeopleWayFeelsFirstsHeartMomentsHelpingHandsOpportunityFeltDifficultResponsibilitySupportMy HeartConnectedSeparationImmigrantsPrivilegedDifficult MomentsClose To My Heart Author:Gloria Estefan
“Many Americans who supported the initial thrust of civil rights, as represented by the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later felt betrayed as the original concept of equal individual opportunity evolved toward the concept of equal group results.” OpportunityIndividualFeltDecisionResultsRightsGroupsEqualConceptsOriginalsCivil RightsBoardsBrownBetrayedInitialsThrustCivil Rights ActBoard Of EducationCivil Rights Act Of 1964 Author:Thomas Sowell
“Do not miss a single chance - not one single opportunity - to tell someone how wonderful they are, how special they are, how important to you they are, how incredible as a person they are, how beautiful they are inside and out. Do not miss a single opening in which to insert such a comment, genuinely felt and genuinely meant.” PersonsImportantBeautifulOpportunityFeltChanceWonderfulSpecialMissingIncrediblesOpeningComplimentCommentGood PersonRespecting OthersKind WordsInsertAdmiration And RespectAmazing Person Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.” PeopleRealGovernmentPurposeOpportunityFeltLeaderCasesRestrainingPurpose Of Government Author:Gerald R. Ford
“I always felt that the telefilm directors made wonderful films, which are even better than the big screen movies, but never got enough opportunities to showcase their talents on the big screens.” MadeEnoughBigsFilmOpportunityFeltWonderfulTalentDirectorsScreensBig ScreenShowcase Author:Arin Paul
“I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'” FeelsWellsRunningOpportunityNationsFeltCallingRepublicanOfficeDoctorsCongressSurgeonsFlattered Author:Richard Carmona
“Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt as a black man like you to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had because there, but for the grace of God go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensHelpingMightAbleOpportunityFeltBlackSupportGraceSpecialPositionLike YouEqualDegreesEmpathyConnectionsPrisonShoesDuesObligationLeagueSatScoreMight Have BeenEqual RightsGrace Of GodUnemployedIvyIvy LeagueSat ScoresGpa Author:Barack Obama
“I used to think the reason I'd like to stop letting fear run my life was that it felt so bad to be afraid, and also that it was pointless - possibly wasted, if the feared thing never did materialize. But now that fear has packed its miserable bags and is running out the door, making slamming noises to call attention to itself, I begin to see how much room fear has occupied. What opportunity opens up!” IfsThinkingReasonRunningUsedOpportunityFeltFearRoomsAttentionDoorsNoiseMiserableBagsPointless Book:The Freedom of Being: At Ease with What Is Source: The Freedom of Being: At Ease with What Is
“When I got back to NY had the opportunity to work with the beginning years of the poetry project which was founded with money from the OEO under Lyndon Johnson to work with alienated youth on the lower East side. This was extraordinary, to be able to help then to create a culture that would capture the energy that I felt at Berkley.” YearsHelpingAbleCultureOpportunityEnergyFeltSidesYouthProjectsExtraordinaryEastCaptureJohnsonEast Side Author:Anne Waldman
“I felt a great sense of indebtedness and responsibility to use the help that other people had given me to in turn help others and to use the opportunities that I had had in my life to really turn that around and to make an impact and to carry forth some of the issues that I believe are important to the future of our society.” PeopleBelieveImportantHelpingUseTurnsOpportunityGivenI BelieveFeltResponsibilityIssuesImpactHelping OthersOur SocietyIndebtedness Author:Brooke Ellison
“So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did so much hard work and I achieved a lot of great things, and I wanted to try something else and put that same kind of commitment that I did into my dancing into something that I was also passionate about. I had so many opportunities with my dance and now I'm just excited to get better as an actress.” TryingKindHardWantedOpportunityFeltActingHard WorkSkillsCommitmentDancingPassionateExcitedActressesGreat ThingsGet Better Author:Julianne Hough