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Opportunity is the great bawd.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
I despise making the most of one’s time, half of the pleasures of life consists of the opportunities one has neglected.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken all the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries; and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
Chance opportunities makes us known to others, and still more to ourselves.
The secret of success in life, is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them, is simple fidelity to what each day brings.
Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement these are the martial virtues which must command success.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
For truth and duty it is ever the fitting time; who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
To choose time is to save time; and an unseasonable motion is but beating the air.
If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until some one comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but stand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Occasion may be the bugle call that summons an army to battle, but the blast of a bugle can never makes soldiers nor win battles.
If sorrow could enter heaven, if a sigh could be heard there, or a tear roll down the cheek of a saint in light, it would be for lost opportunities, for the time spent in neglect of God which might have been spent for his glory.
There are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about the soul as when it has to suffer. Then everything depends on whether the man turns to the lower or the higher helps. If he resorts to mere expedients and tricks the opportunity is lost. He comes out no richer nor greater; nay, he comes out harder, poorer, smaller for his pain. But, if he turns to God, the hour of suffering is the turning hour of his life.
Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again.
The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.
Who makes quick use of the moment, is a genius of prudence.
Turning, for them who pass, the common dust of servile opportunity to gold.
What is opportunity to the man who can’t use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
He who has opportunities to inspect the sacred moments of elevated minds, and seizes none, is a son of dullness; but he who turns those moments into ridicule, will betray with a kiss, and in embracing, murder.
A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered; “Opportunity.”
Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.
“You will never “find” time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, writer.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
I despise making the most of one’s time, half of the pleasures of life consists of the opportunities one has neglected.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) American jurist.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken all the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries; and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
Shakespeare.
Chance opportunities makes us known to others, and still more to ourselves.
Rochefoucauld.
The secret of success in life, is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Disraeli.
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
Beyard Taylor.
Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them, is simple fidelity to what each day brings.
A.E.Dunning.
Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement these are the martial virtues which must command success.
Austin Phelps.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
C.Mather.
For truth and duty it is ever the fitting time; who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
Luther.
To choose time is to save time; and an unseasonable motion is but beating the air.
Bacon.
If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until some one comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
John B.Gough.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but stand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
George Eliot.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Disraeli.
Occasion may be the bugle call that summons an army to battle, but the blast of a bugle can never makes soldiers nor win battles.
J.A. Gargfield.
If sorrow could enter heaven, if a sigh could be heard there, or a tear roll down the cheek of a saint in light, it would be for lost opportunities, for the time spent in neglect of God which might have been spent for his glory.
Payson.
There are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about the soul as when it has to suffer. Then everything depends on whether the man turns to the lower or the higher helps. If he resorts to mere expedients and tricks the opportunity is lost. He comes out no richer nor greater; nay, he comes out harder, poorer, smaller for his pain. But, if he turns to God, the hour of suffering is the turning hour of his life.
Phillips Brooks.
Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again.
From the Latin.
The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.
Chasles.
Who makes quick use of the moment, is a genius of prudence.
Lavater.
Turning, for them who pass, the common dust of servile opportunity to gold.
Wordsworth.
What is opportunity to the man who can’t use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity.
George Eliot.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Jermey Collier.
He who has opportunities to inspect the sacred moments of elevated minds, and seizes none, is a son of dullness; but he who turns those moments into ridicule, will betray with a kiss, and in embracing, murder.
Lavater.
A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered; “Opportunity.”
Moore.
Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.
Lord Stanley.
“You will never “find” time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Charles Buxton.
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