Quotes About Opportunity

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it is a business.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love. ... Give it the best there is in you.... Seize your opportunities. ... And be a member of the team.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Pa, he always said a man had to look spry for himself, because nobody would do it for him; your opportunities didn't come knocking around, you had to hunt them down and hog-tie them.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

If the risk-reward ratio is right, you can make big money buying trouble.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't catch trout with dry breeches.

There are a lot of fellas with all the ability it takes to play in the major leagues, but they never make it, they always get stuck in the minor leagues because they haven't got the guts to make the climb.

Many people who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do have good stuff in them, and are energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts.

Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.

I'm hardnosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, "Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today." But dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. ... If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

The haves and the have-nots can often be traced back to the dids and the did-nots.

If at first you succeed, don't take any more stupid chances.

As soon as you find the key to success, somebody always changes the lock.