You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, read more

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in read more

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost read more

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led read more

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not read more

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that read more

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam read more

Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli;
Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]