Opportunity Quotes

"For us, the most important thing we can do is raise people up—that is, either by giving the ability to do things they could not otherwise do, allow them to create things they couldn’t otherwise create. It’s about giving them tools; it is about empowering people" "We are drawn to the closed doors" "I speak not for myself but for those without a voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated." "Success is about understanding that you have to use every day as a learning opportunity." "I think most people are good at more things than the world gives them the opportunity to be" "Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open" "The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out" "The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire" "Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure." "The greatest gift life has to offer is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing." "If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. People fought for us to have a voice." "A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs." "I often say that in these moments we should see crisis as our opportunity to recognize the harms in the existing system that contributed to this crisis and then address them" "We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right." "Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are." "Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment would you capture it, or just let it slip" "If you’ve never tried, how will you ever know if there’s any chance?" "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." "There's always more opportunity and more good news out there than there is bad news." "There are no mistakes, only opportunities for learning."