“Young men keep telling me they don't 'have it all' either. And they may have a point. But if you define 'having it all' as the opportunity to have a successful career and a family, I'd say this. When a man tells his coworkers he's going to have a child, no one asks him how he'll manage or if he'll be coming back to work.” IfsMenMayChildrenYoungAsksOpportunityCareersSuccessfulManageYoung ManComing BackBack To WorkCoworkerSuccessful Career Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“We guided our children. We supported them. We were there for them. But once you start going through your list of schools that present a potential opportunity, a young man or a young woman has to be happy with their decision. If they are unhappy, then their whole four years of college are going to be some of the most miserable memories of their lifetime.” IfsMenYearsChildrenWholeSchoolYoungOpportunityMemoriesDecisionFourCollegeOur ChildrenLifetimeListsUnhappyMiserableYoung ManFour YearsYoung Women Author:Craig Biggio
“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
“The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.” MenProblemYoungOpportunityCitiesYouthSolveYoung ManYoungstersUnleashed Author:Wes Moore
“There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, phenomenal drummer, young man with his technique, but do you think he would ever have the opportunity to play like that in another band? Of course he hadn't.” ThinkingMenWayPlayYoungCoursesOpportunityForceBandGuitarTechniqueYoung ManDrummerPhenomenalZeppelins Author:Jimmy Page
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interestsof National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country.” MenCountryYoungOpportunityNationsWomenSecurityCallingMen And WomenYoung ManSpeakersYoung WomenNational Security Author:Lyndon B. Johnson