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• Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Failure, Use It Or Lose It, Genius

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• Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Moments

  BookCaps, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2012). “Faust in Plain and Simple English: First Part of the Tragedy: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.161, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

  Rita Coolidge

  Funny, Humor, Two

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• Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Eye, Doors, People

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• Work hard at work worth doing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Work, Day Jobs, Labor Day

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life

  George Cadbury

  Men, Garden, House

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Success, Men

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• Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.

  Max Lucado

  Giving, Lasts, Ifs

  Max Lucado (2007). “Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours”, p.115, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

  J. Paul Getty

  Profit, Businessman, Oppurtunity

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• Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mind, Advantage, Range

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”

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• Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

  Hippocrates

  Get Well, Healing, Health

  'Precepts' ch. 1 (translated by W. H. S. Jones)

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• If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

  James Allen

  Real, Waiting, Desire

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• Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

  Edward de Bono

  Lying, Waiting Around, Ideas

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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  Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Nba, Challenges

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• Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.

  Og Mandino

  Positive, Good Morning, Success

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• Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Success, Work

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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• Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a

  George S. Clason

  Preparation, Waste, Goddess

  George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Happiness, Regret, Joy

  Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.133, Jerome K. Jerome

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• Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

  Maya Angelou

  Beauty, Girl, Caged Birds

  1970 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, ch.35

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• The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

  Jane Wyman

  Wisdom, Brotherhood, Awareness

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• All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

  Sidney Lumet

  Entrepreneur, Great Work, Preparing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You must make your own opportunities.

  John Bartholomew Gough

  Inspirational

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• Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.

  Brian Tracy

  Yesterday, Choices, Tomorrow

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Nov 14, 2012

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