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Opportunity Quotes

Words on access, equity, and potential.

These opportunity quotes come largely from people working to expand educational access, describing the gap between talent sent toward finance or law and talent sent toward underserved communities. One entry questions why a country built on equal opportunity still lets birthplace determine outcomes. Related reflections continue in our Great quotes.

Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out.

Quotes by Adrienne Gusoff

Luca Changretta's not someone you want to be at odds with. It's a fantastic opportunity for me, and he's a fascinating character.

Quotes by Adrien Brody

My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to share in his profession.

Quotes by Adriano Giannini

In Mexico, there are good filmmakers, but they didn't always have the opportunity to show their work. But since 'Amores Perros,' many of these filmmakers had the opportunity to show their films, and they have a newfound energy for cinema.

Quotes by Adriana Barraza

Good Quotes

Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith.

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

Even when I was doing supporting roles, I always had this belief that one day the opportunity to play a lead would come my way.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

There must be an opportunity that matches with our strategy. Just because we have a gap, we don't want to go and acquire anything and everything. What we acquire should fit in with our strategy, human resources and market expectations.

Quotes by Adi Godrej

The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit of fortune, a few more of those opportunities will lie waiting for me in the future.

Quotes by Adhir Kalyan

Great Quotes

In 1998, Nasdaq started a project called Next Nasdaq - or what Nasdaq was going to become - and they decided to handpick some of the up-and-comers. I was chosen as one of the people. It was a great opportunity...

Quotes by Adena Friedman

Don't assume that opportunity will come to you. Put yourself forward when there is an opportunity.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

We have the Nasdaq private market. But we also want to make sure that every investor has an opportunity to ultimately join in growth and the success of these great companies that we have that have been formed in the...

Quotes by Adena Friedman

If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.

Quotes by Adele

Life Quotes

Preparation meets opportunity, and that causes success if you're prepared to do your job and you practice a lot, more times than not you're going to be successful.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

I suppose any person who's played somewhere for a certain amount of time and then has the opportunity to go back and just reminisce a little bit, maybe it holds a different feeling than some of the other places.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

When you have an opportunity to help your team in crunch time - as a kicker - that's a dream come true.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

There's a brotherhood with the specialists. There's not many of them and we don't get any respect, so we have to show a little respect for each other. We have to help each other out if we have the opportunity.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

In high school I just loved to compete and play sports. I didn't have a sport that I was going to say, 'Hey, I'm going to play this at the next level.' Whatever my best opportunity was was what I...

Quotes by Adam Thielen

Love Quotes

We know how hard it is to get to the playoffs in general, and then to get to the NFC Championship Game. You just never know if you'll have the opportunity again, so you really want to make the most...

Quotes by Adam Thielen

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Opportunity" quotes focus on?
These quotes focus on educational and economic opportunity — founding organizations to expand it, noticing where top talent doesn't go, reflecting on unequal starting points, and describing a global mission to ensure opportunity for all.
Is there a quote about founding an organization to expand opportunity?
Yes, one quote comes from a founder who has "spent a lot of time examining what's at work in successful classrooms and schools" as part of expanding "educational opportunity." For more on meaningful work, see the Good quotes page.
Is there a quote about where top talent goes?
Yes, one quote points out that top talent goes "into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children." For more on important causes, see the Great quotes page.
Is there a quote about unequal starting points?
Yes, one quote reflects on attending Princeton and feeling like "the whole world was open to me," while noting that in this country, "that's not a given," and that we "aspire to be a place of equal opportunity" even though where someone is born still shapes their chances. For more on life's paths and circumstances, see the Life quotes page.
Is there a quote about a global mission for opportunity?
Yes, one quote describes the mission of Teach For All as "cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all." For more on heartfelt missions, see the Love quotes page.

Another entry ties opportunity directly to a global mission of building leadership capacity in schools. See also Good quotes and Life quotes.