It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not read more

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
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Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
I make mine hour.

The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is read more

The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out read more

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

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.]

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.]