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It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not read more
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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.
Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it
Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
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.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
