Top 1200 Equality Of Opportunity Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

AOL, I think, represented an opportunity for a few things. One is I'm a big believer in the AOL brand, and I think AOL as a brand has touched hundreds of millions of people around the world. Reigniting that brand is a very exciting challenge and a big opportunity.

General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.

Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality.

Not many shows bring fans and artists together, and 'Rock Dinner' is one of the few shows that does it. Every opportunity I get to get closer to one of my fans - and get to know them and talk to them - I'm always going to take that opportunity with arms wide open and make it a priority.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.

I'm doing things that feel good to my soul. I've had plenty opportunity to do other things, but it didn't feel right, and it wasn't right. And if it feels like work, then it's work. But if you have that opportunity to do what you love, and you can make a living out of it, then that's a blessing and I never take that for granted.

It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

One hundred and fifty years after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, equality for many Americans remains elusive.

The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.

The Ledbetter Act is aimed at equality. But individuals are not equal. We all have different talents, resources, interests, abilities, educations, and backgrounds.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called attention to it.

Equality is a myth to protect the weak. some of us are strong in the Force, others are not. Only a fool believes otherwise.

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect.

A woman's never too old to make an idiot of herself. It goes along with equality of the sexes and potty parity.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold back people of vision from pushing ahead.

Welcome to Israel, where chanting “Death to Arabs” is democracy, running over children is equality, and firing on funerals is peace.

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

I do believe 100 percent that Black lives matter and that the cause to achieve and pursue equality supersedes basketball.

If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.

When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.

I believe equality in a relationship is very important, and for that, both partners should be equally capable to handle anything.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

I personally feel a responsibility to demonstrate to that we girls have the power to not only gain equality for women but all sectors of society.

There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation - it’s a result of that collision. You’ve got to be prepared. So, make your mistakes now and make them quickly. If you’ve made the mistakes, you know what to expect the next time. That’s how you become valuable.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.

When you're a Republican Latino, you're traveling uphill on a lonely road. Still, it's the road I prefer. It has led me to opportunity far beyond my dreams. I've worked on eight Republican presidential races, as well as for some of the world's largest corporations, all because the doors of opportunity, not the doors of welfare, were open to me.

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

I never really had a real career trajectory idea. I just like a lot of different kind of movies, I wanna make a lot of different kind of movies, and to some degree you follow opportunity and to the other degree you have to create your own opportunity.

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion.

With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.

The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.

The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice.

If two or three hundred years from now an earthbound civilization is dying ... and they look back at the opportunity that we have here at the close of the twentieth century to move out into space and they see that we didn't do anything with it ... I don't want history to judge us on having blown this opportunity, and I think history will judge us on this more than on any other issue.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Collective action remains the best way of renewing the march towards the great trinity of liberty, equality, and solidarity.

A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

In talking about equality and asking vehemently for its realization, nobody advocates a curtailment of his own present income.

I've loved to be a part of anything, having an opportunity to entertain, to be a part of a film, or just continue to do what I'm doing, I'm so happy, so just making town after town, doing my thing, but if I have that opportunity to star in a film or be an extra, I don't care; its all a learning experience for me.

There can be no solution to the challenge of climate change that is not global. But if we can come together in partnership, we can transform today's challenge into tomorrow's opportunity - an opportunity for green growth and sustainable prosperity... we also need a strong bottom-up push from academics and opinion-shapers such as you. Universities such as yours are founts of ideas and innovation. They are furnaces of innovation and entrepreneurship. So, send forth this word.

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

I'm an actor first and foremost. But I've also started an organization, Broadway Impact, that advocates for marriage equality. I'm an actorvist.

Despite saying the letters 'LGBTQ' at the RNC, Donald Trump consistently endorsed anti-equality positions.

A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.

If you run for election with a particular agenda about saving jobs, about strengthening manufacturing and farming jobs, about tackling predatory gambling and making governments accountable, if there's an opportunity to achieve that agenda with either side of politics, particularly if you come from the political centre, then it's an opportunity you should take up.

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.