Pastoral Resources

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!

I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

Change brings opportunity.

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.

Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. It is this dark chapter of European history that we now have the opportunity to close.

The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.