Quotes About Opportunity

There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.

Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution.

Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.

We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty, instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity.

He that fights and runs away Will live to fight another day.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby.

I don't see what's wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.

Life guarantees a chance-not a fair shake.

There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them, and they don't know how to use it.

Probably any successful career has "X" number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't superachievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Luck ... taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it, luck goes away.

Lady Luck generally woos those who earnestly, enthusiastically, unremittingly woo her.

Luck is good planning, carefully executed.

I think that one can have luck if one tries to create an atmosphere of spontaneity.

Chance works for us when we are good captains.

Motivation triggers luck.

Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.

Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.

It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.

Fortune is with you for an hour, and against you for ten!

Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.