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Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.
Oct 2, 2025
When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.
The policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance, which ... can make that iron hot by striking and he that can only rule the storm must yield to him who can both raise and rule it.
Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.
Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a distinct advantage - in terms of both life opportunities and quality of life, I wouldargue - over the vast majority of the world's population that does not yet have good access to computernetworks. The "other" digital divide points to an increasingly unstable situation that has developed inlibrarianship as digital libraries have evolved and matured.
We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.
Opportunity is a bird that never perches.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.
Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a game, play it... Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Give something back by becoming more
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
There is a time in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.