“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.” MenFeelsTryingMayMatterHardDreamYoungOpportunityAchieveBirthBecomingMen And WomenHarderBridgesYoung ManGapsCompounds Author:Barack Obama
“People everywhere are about the same, but ... it did seem that in a small town, where evil is harder to accomplish, where opportunities for privacy are scarcer, that people can invent more of it in other people's names. Because that was all it required: that idea, that single idle word blown from mind to mind.” PeopleMindIdeasSeemsEvilOpportunityNamesHarderTownsAccomplishPrivacyGossipIdleSmall Town Book:Novels, 1930-1935 Source: Novels, 1930-1935
“Every day that goes by shortens our opportunity of booking it successfully. Whether it's members pulling their condos for personal use, whether it's a convention booking our conference center, whether it's golf packages being booked .. not hearing makes it that much harder to accommodate them.” BookUseOpportunityMembersHarderGolfHearingConventionsPullingConferencesPackagesAccommodate Author:Bill Vaughan
“Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.” LittlesPlayOpportunityRolesHarderCoachesMore Time Author:Phil Jackson
“Take your duty, and be strong in it, as God will make you strong. The harder it is, the stronger in fact you will be. Understand, also, that the great question here is, not what you will get, but what you will become. The greatest wealth you can ever get will be in yourself. Take your burdens and troubles and losses and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunity, knowing that God has girded you for greater things than these.” IfsFactsOpportunityStrongWealthLossKnowingGreaterTroubleDutyHarderStrongerBurdenGods WillGreater ThingsGreatest Wealth Book:Sermons for the new life Source: Sermons for the new life
“I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. Weve got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.” ThinkingKnowsHeartChildrenCountryHardOpportunityIssuesHard WorkHarderGapsIndigenousAustralianWork HarderExpectancyEquality Of OpportunityLife ExpectancyTrue Equality Author:Quentin Bryce
“We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did guarantee opportunity, for too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.” Has BeensDreamSuccessOpportunityEconomicCenturyHard WorkHighestCapitalismHarderIncomeInequalityGuaranteesNightmareReplacedWork HarderStagnationMobilityIncome InequalityAmerican Capitalism Author:Mario Cuomo
“Showing weakness will encourage your opponents. It inspires them. It encourages them to hit harder. To come faster. But when you don't show any fear, or when you don't show any hurt, you have the opportunity to discourage your opponent. You discourage your enemies. The bottom line is, if you think properly, you don't even have to think about all of that. All you have to think about is that guy across from me is human, and so am I. And he'll never out-work me. He'll never out-think me. And if you can't out-work me, and you can't out-think me, you'll never beat me.” IfsThinkingHumansShowsGuyOpportunityHurtLinesEnemyInspireBeatsWeaknessHarderBottomFasterOpponentsBottom LineDiscouragingThat Guy Author:Jim Brown