Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

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.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make read more

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is read more

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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.]

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.