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- Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
- Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
- Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006)
- Let's assume that each person has an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different. To realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.
- John Fischer
- I say luck is when an opportunity comes along, and you're prepared for it.
- Denzel Washington (1954 - )
- Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
- Bayard Taylor
- Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create ripple effects. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity and boost our economy.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
- We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.
- Eric Schmidt, University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address, 2009
- Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
- Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)
- Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.
- Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964)
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