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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.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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.
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.
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you read more
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an read more
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door,
and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The
world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases
can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually
smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him
forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have
to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can
get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity
does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves
that they are alive.
