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It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome read more
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.
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.]
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
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.
Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.