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.
Author Unknown

1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, find harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein
The Three Rules of Work


If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Tom Peters

"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use."
Charles M. Schulz

The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
Longfellow

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good;
try to use ordinary situations.
Jean Paul Richter

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

In all your endeavors, both present and future,
remember to have the courage of your convictions.
Haywood Sullivan




It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.


The world does not owe men a living, but business,
if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
Owen D. Young


Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I.....I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity;
a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Sir Winston Churchhill

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Author Unknown


Occasions are rare;
and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
Josh Billings

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