“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”

“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”

“The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.”

“What do I mean by the Generation of Greatness?
I mean that in this age, in this country, there is an opportunity for the development of man's intellectual, cultural, and spiritual potentialities that has never existed before in the history of our species. I mean not simply an opportunity for greatness for a few, but an opportunity for greatness for the many.”

“The covetous man is ever in want.”
Semper avarus eget.

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

“509. All complain of want of Memory, but none of want of Judgment.”

“You've never produced a Michleangelo or a Bach. You've never even produced a great chef. And if you talk to me about opportunity, all I can say is, are you joking? Have you ever lacked the opportunity, to give history a great chef? You've produced nothing great, nothing!”

“No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”

“No really great man ever thought himself so.”