A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
~ Francis Bacon

Opportunity makes a thief.
~ Francis Bacon

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

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.
~ Bob Anderson

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization
~ Detronius Arbiter

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
~ Jane Austen

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

Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff. There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime.
~ Lucy Benington

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
~ Milton Berle

Lack of opportunity is often nothing more than lack of purpose or direction
~ Best of Bits and Pieces

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
~ Richard Branson

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.
~ Gene Brown

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
~ Les Brown

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
~ Warren Buffett

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
~ Warren Buffett

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
~ John Burroughs

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity o start all over again, to turn over a new page.
~ Eileen Caddy

This American system of ours. call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
~ Al Capone