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Quotations about Opportunities
Every man in some way, at some time, can use to advantage all of his inherent faculties; the Goddess Fate, however, does not advertise approach of opportunities but seems rather to find diabolical enjoyment in weaving the net of destiny around the anchored feet of blinded men. To a very few, opportunity is ushered in with a blare of trumpets, but the vast majority of men have to hunt out and learn to quickly discern their chance, embrace it and cling to it as it rushes by, phantomlike or enveloped in haze. ~William Armstrong Fairburn, Mentality and Freedom, 1917
Opportunity is something a Fool waits for while the Wise Guy runs down the road to meet it. ~Noah Lott (George V. Hobart), The Silly Syclopedia, 1905
Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along. ~Hugh Allen, in Knoxville News-Sentinel, as quoted by The Reader's Digest, 1971
Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen; men fairly breathe it and do not know it.
A day dawns, quite like other days; in it a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us. To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet the supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised. ~Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858–1901)
Opportunities are easily lost, with difficulty found. ~Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE, from the Latin by D. Lyman, 1856
Nothing is so often irretrievably missed as a daily opportunity. ~Marie, Baroness von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
Opportunity comes with feet of wool, treading soft. ~Proverb
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. ~Mark Twain
Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Today is filled with opportunity, — and Hope helps and beckons us to partake thereof. ~Ellsworth R. Bathrick (1863–1917), "Don't Worry Book," 1909
Yes, opportunity is here, there, everywhere. ~Charles F. Raymond, "The Call to the Young," Just Be Glad, 1907
Overlooking an opportunity is different from looking it over. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1903, George Horace Lorimer, editor
Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock. ~Woody Allen, "My Speech To the Graduates," 1979
Opportunities of some type or other are ever around us; they whisper or thunder in every man's ear and pass in some way and at some time every man's door. ~William Armstrong Fairburn, Mentality and Freedom, 1917
Some of us have no vision past the next meal. Let us be men and women of sight, for opportunity is knocking everywhere. ~Charles F. Raymond, "This Banner Year," Just Be Glad, 1907
If opportunity doesn't knock… build a door. ~Milton Berle, as quoted in Arthur Pine and Julie Houston, One Door Closes, Another Door Opens, 1993
If Opportunity has shut One Door,
Resolve can open Thrice a Hundred More.
~Arthur Guiterman, "Of Indomitability," A Poet's Proverbs, 1924
Some people miss opportunity when it knocks because they haven't push enough to get a door open. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1907, George Horace Lorimer, editor
The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because, when opportunity knocks, they are out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Walter P. Chrysler
If I were Opportunity, I wouldn't just knock, you'd have to sign. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity. ~Frederick Phillips, as quoted by The Reader's Digest
Opportunity knocks once; incompetency knocks all the time. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1907, George Horace Lorimer, editor
Opportunity knocks at the door; importunity comes right in. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1906, George Horace Lorimer, editor
Sometimes, as in the chamber of our minds we attend to our daily duties, a gray-haired man named Opportunity, resembling Father Time and as old as Mars, bangs at the door and vociferously announces the passing of the vehicle which he drives toward the goal of worthwhile achievement; but more often he flits by, shadow-like, a mere spectre, and without any announcement of his passage, is gone. ~William Armstrong Fairburn, Mentality and Freedom, 1917
Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. ~Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858–1901)
It is not that I am so wise that I can predict that will happen next. What I do know is that if one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river. ~Anchee Min, Becoming Madame Mao, 2000
Flawed past is history; flawed present is opportunity. ~Terri Guillemets
As you seek new opportunity, keep in mind that the sun does not usually reappear on the horizon where last seen. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
The man who makes the best of opportunities is apt to get the best of obstacles. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, as reprinted in Poor Richard Jr's Almanack, George Horace Lorimer, editor, 1906
There are lots of opport♯nities o♯t there. And yo♯ know what's missing. ~Terri Guillemets
I've got the tools... There's my training... and my determination. I've no illusions about what I'm taking on... There'll be hurdles and a lot of serious problems at first. But you know my motto — problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. ~Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind, 1987
The reason most people do not recognize an opportunity when they meet it is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like Hard Work. ~Author unknown
Sometimes the universe tosses handfuls of glittering opportunity. If it falls upon you, dance! Then get right to work. ~Terri Guillemets
Let us have done with vain regrets and longings for the days that never will be ours again. Our work lies in front, not behind us; and "Forward!" is our motto. Let us not sit with folded hands, gazing upon the past as if it were the building: it is but the foundation. Let us not waste heart and life, thinking of what might have been, and forgetting the
Over time, the hurt doesn't hurt — only regret does. ~Terri Guillemets
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