May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!

Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

My success rate speaks for itself.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that’s what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They’re giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

We all have the duty to do good.

Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we love.

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we’re doing to the next level, without compromising.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn’t want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I’m a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you’re supposed to be doing.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

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.

I’ve been blessed in that regard through and through. So I’m just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

You don’t have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

This healthy eating stuff, it’s here to stay, and we now have everything we need to seize the opportunity and give all our kids the healthy futures they so richly deserve.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there’s not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I’m grateful for it.

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

Consequences are unpitying.

What’s important for my daughter to know is that… if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

If there is even one woman out there who went and got checked and found that she had cancer or she was positive and she caught something in time, and if in any small way I was a part of that, it makes me very emotional.

It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another.

Every wall is a door.

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.

Opportunity makes a thief.

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.