Seizing chances Quotes

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

Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

I think you always have to keep your eye open and take advantage of anything that may come your way.

One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.

Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took.

Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.

That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails.

I still have the mentality of a street musician, because I was one for five years. Every opportunity that comes my way, I feel like, 'Absolutely, let's do this.' Sometimes, it's to my detriment. But I don't think you become successful by not saying yes to opportunities.

It's a great opportunity when one gets something new to grasp, and I feel we should just grab it.

The important thing is always to be sharp and score when the opportunity arises.

I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids, but I know the opportunities in athletics don't often come round, so I've just got to make the most of it.

I don't have a number, I just want to catch them all. That's always my goal is to maximize every opportunity and every throw that's coming my way.

I just wanted to be an actor. I was hoping for opportunities to unveil, and I wanted to make the most of whatever came my way.

Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.

Never turn down a new opportunity.

There was a time in my life when opportunities were so few and far between they were like little cracks in the wall, and if one opportunity came my way, I would scratch and claw and bite and I would do anything I could to make sure that I grabbed that opportunity by the throat and I did not let it go.

Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

What I'm trying to do is play the game the right way, not force shots up. Whenever I have my opportunities, take 'em.

I take all the opportunities that come my way and I am thankful that I have them.

It's fun to challenge yourself and take advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves.

For me, it's not about price tags. It's about your individual qualities, how hard you work and it's important to make full use of the opportunities when they come.

Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.

What's important is that we see each year what the opportunities are, and make use of the opportunity.

But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.

I always tell young people when I'm trying to encourage them, 'You have certain windows in your life, and you have to take advantage of it. You gotta jump through because they will shut on you.'