Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
—Karl Marx (1818–1883) German Philosopher, Economist
Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.
—Unknown
There sometimes wants only a stroke of fortune to discover numberless latent good or bad qualities, which would otherwise have been eternally concealed; as words written with a certain liquor appear only when applied to the fire.
—George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746–1816) British Nobleman, Politician
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can … As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
—William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) American Unitarian Theologian, Poet
I sometimes say that success just happens. That’s not true. You have to make it happen. When I make up my mind to do something, I make sure it happens. You can’t wait for the phone to ring. You have to ring them.
—Lew Grade (1906–98) Ukrainian-British Television Producer, Executive
A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Opportunities are always everywhere, learn to see and create them.
—Jacob Gelt Dekker (1948–2019) Dutch Businessman, Philanthropist, Writer
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
—Tom Peters (b.1942) American Management Consultant, Author
Don’t ever slam a door, you might want to go back.
—Don Herold (1889–1966) American Humorist, Writer, Illustrator, Cartoonist
One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.
—Rosamond Lehmann (1901–90) Novelist, Translator
When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
I think the young actor who really wants to act will find a way … to keep at it and seize every opportunity that comes along.
—John Gielgud (1904–2000) English Actor, Theatre Director
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.
—Unknown
Make the iron hot by striking it.
—Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) British Head of State, Military Leader
Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open.
—Unknown
There is no security in life, only opportunity.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
When fortune knocks open the door.
—Common Proverb
If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
—English Proverb
Occasion may be the bugle call that summons an army to battle, but the blast of a bugle can never make soldiers nor win battles.
—James A. Garfield (1831–81) American Head of State, Lawyer, Educator
Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than of death.
—James F. Byrnes (1882–1972) American Politician, Supreme Court Justice, Statesman
Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
The back of one door is the face of another.
—Common Proverb
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
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