He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome read more

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

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.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.

Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam read more

Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli;
Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that read more

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway read more

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Unknown.