There will be no real content among American women unless they are made and kept more ignorant or unless they are given equal opportunity with men to use what they have been taught. And American men will not be really happy until their women are.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity
Irving Kristol
A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...If the game runs sometime against us at home, we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake
Thomas Jefferson
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
John Dryden
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death
James F. Bymes
There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.
Douglas MacArthur
Never regard study as a duty but as an enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later works belong.
Albert Einstein
The Three Rules of Work: 1. Out of clutter, find simplicity. 2. From discord, find harmony. 3. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity
Albert Einstein
Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement
George Burton Adams
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
Orison Swett Marden
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Alva Edison
My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.
Margaret Chase Smith