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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
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A good deal happens in a man's life that he isn't responsible for. Fortunate openings occur; but it is safe to remember that such breaks are occurring all the time, and other things being equal, the advantage goes to the man who is ready.
Lawrence Downs
Many of us have heard opportunity knocking at our door, but by the time we unhooked the chain, pushed back the bolt, turned two locks, and shuts off the burglar alarm -- it was gone.
Why are there so many people who never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?
Many people seem to think that opportunity means a chance to get money without earning it.
To recognize an opportunity and use it is the difference between success and failure.
Do you see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunities in every difficulty?
Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.
Today, you have the opportunity to transcend from a disempowered mindset of existence to an empowered reality of purpose-driven living. Today is a new day that has been handed to you for shaping. You have the tools, now get out there and create a masterpiece.
Steve Maraboli
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford
To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
Oscar Wilde
A chip on the shoulder indicates that there is wood higher up.
Jack Herbert
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
Jesse Jackson
Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
John Dryden
Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff. There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime.
Lucy Benington
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
Rosamond Lehman
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. Rockefeller
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Benjamin Disraeli
The right man is the one that seizes the moment.
Johann von Goethe
Be an opener of doors.
Ralph Waldo Emerson