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Quotes about Opportunities

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• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
—Francis Bacon (1561-1626)


• The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)


• Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
—Winston Churchill (1874-1965)


Seize the Opportunity: Quotations on Change

• You create your opportunities by asking for them.
—Shakti Gawain (b.1948)


• To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)


• A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
—Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)


• Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
—William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)