In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.