Taking Advantage of Opportunities Quotes

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

I would love to hang out with Whoopi Goldberg. I was on 'The View' once, and I didn't know how to make an in there, to be like, 'What are you doing later?' But I really love Whoopi Goldberg.

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess

Kellan Gillis was the first celebrity that I worked with - that didn't hurt. Working out after that with Jennifer Lopez was huge in terms of just the platform it gives you. So I think when you get those opportunities, you have to be respectful of them, and you have to try not to just cash out.

We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had.

When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

We pride ourselves on taking opportunities to win when we have them.

I take whatever good part comes along.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.

History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.

I think we have challenges, but we have so many opportunities to get it right. I like it when we have a little bit of a headwind. The kite actually lifts when you have a headwind and doesn't when there is lift from the back.

I'm so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I'm not.

When you have the opportunity to do something, you have to jump on it.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.