Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

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.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.

This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is read more

The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.