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Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
 Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
 He is the proper man.
  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
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 Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
 He is the proper man.
  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
   Das ist der rechte Mann.] 
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.
 Not by appointment do we meet delight
 Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
  But round some read more 
 Not by appointment do we meet delight
 Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
  But round some corner of the streets of life
   They of a sudden greet us with a smile. 
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, read more
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Opportunity comes in a once while, you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
Opportunity comes in a once while, you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. -Unknown.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. -Unknown.
 There is an hour in each man's life appointed
 To make his happiness, if then he seize it.  
 There is an hour in each man's life appointed
 To make his happiness, if then he seize it.