Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
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Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
I make mine hour.

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is read more

I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
I answer not, and I return no more.

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.

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not read more

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity