“We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.” PersonsHardOpportunityNationsResponsibilityHard WorkPromiseSucceedRemainsPersonal ResponsibilityUnbrokenGreat Nations Author:Brian Sandoval
“I came to this country when I was twelve years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.” WantGivingYearsCountryWantedOpportunityParentPresidentChanceSucceedGive MePresident ObamaNew Opportunity Author:Cristina Saralegui
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” OpportunitySucceedConclusionNew BeginningsLife OpportunityDrawing ConclusionsJumping To Conclusions Author:Benjamin Franklin
“If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.” IfsWantSuccessOpportunitySucceedDry Land Author:John Bartholomew Gough
“Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price represents an opportunity that leads inventors and businesspeople to seek new ways to satisfy the shortages. Some fail, at cost to themselves. A few succeed, and the final result is that we end up better off than if the original shortage problems had never arisen. That is, we need our problems, though this does not imply that we should purposely create additional problems for ourselves.” IfsWayNeedsShouldDoeEndsProblemRunningOpportunityGrowthResultsGreaterFailingHigherCostSucceedIncreaseOriginalsFinalsPopulationDuesIncomeConsumptionNew WaysBetter OffInventorShortageScarcity Author:Julian Simon
“I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. When opportunity knocks, you don’t want to be driving to a maternity hospital or sitting in some phony-baloney church. Or synagogue.” IfsWantThreeOpportunityWishChurchSweetSucceedSittingDrivingDemonHospitalsPhonySynagogueOpportunity KnocksMaternityBaloneyOpportunity KnockingShort And Sweet Author:Charles Montgomery
“The fastest way for you to succeed is by piggy-backing on the good advice and counsel of men and women who have already spent years leaning how to succeed. When you do this on a regular and systematic basis, you will open up doors of opportunity and possibilities for you that today you cannot even imagine.” MenWayYearsTodayOpportunityImagineDoorsAdvicePossibilitySucceedMen And WomenBasesSystematicGood AdvicePiggy Author:Brian Tracy
“The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender, it’s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.” ImportantFactsOpportunityChallengesRiskWorstSucceedGenderFactorsAssignmentsTake Control Author:Angela Braly
“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.” NeedsGivingRealitySchoolOpportunityEconomyStudentsCollegeSucceedExpectationsHigh SchoolToolsIncludingEntrancesExamGlobal EconomyWorld Economy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students.” KnowsNeedsOpportunityAnswersStudentsSucceedEqualPursueOutcomesNeighborhoodMore MoneyJerseyNew JerseyEqual Opportunity Author:Thomas Kean, Jr.
“We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.” IfsNeedsMindRealAgeYoungOpportunityImaginationSucceedSkillsYoung AgeInstill Author:Michael N. Castle
“We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.” IfsBelieveMotivationalMovingSuccessPurposeOpportunityI BelieveWomenGoalCourageAchieveFutureSucceedEqualAmbitionDeterminationBraveryAimPerseveranceSeekingMoving ForwardPersistenceMoving OnAspirationBelieve In YourselfBeing SuccessfulWomen EmpowermentExpectingSuccess In LifePhysicistKey To SuccessCompetenceRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessEqual OpportunityMatchingKeep BelievingEquality Of OpportunityCourage And DeterminationDetermination To SucceedBelieve In Us Author:Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
“Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.” ShouldLooksIdeasEndsMatterAmericaOpportunityNationsPromiseSucceedEqualEssentialsShould HaveWho You AreDetermineOutcomesEqual OpportunityWhere You Come Author:Barack Obama
“...stand with me today and pledge to work for an America that doesn't ignore those in need and lifts up those who wish to succeed. Pledge to hold your government accountable for ignoring the suffering of so many for far too long. And pledge to do your part to build the America that we have dreamed of - where the bright light of opportunity shines on every person - an America where the family you are born into, or the color of your skin, will never control your destiny.” NeedsPersonsLongLightGovernmentTodayAmericaSufferingOpportunityWishBornPovertyDestinyColorSucceedSkinsShiningLiftsOur DestinyYour DestinyPledgeBright LightsShine OnThose In NeedControl Your Destiny Author:John Edward