Paul Erdos Quotes

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

Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

Always be prepared to start.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

The main thing is to have strings to your bow. You get your badges, you see where life is, and then you see what things come your way, if any.

You just have to be open to the opportunities as they come to you.

You've got to take what comes. You've got to make yourself available for everything; you've got to pray that you're in a position to do the jobs when they come around.

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

All you can do is trust, be open and prepared, and you have to be flexible, as much as possible.

I'm open to life.

You always have to be thinking about your opportunity. You always have to be ready.

Always be prepared. You never know when an opportunity will pop up.

I don't prepare to sit on the bench, I prepare to play because you never know what is going to happen.

I just try to keep an open mind, and that's the way a lot of good things happen.

I often don't know what I'll be working on next year or a year from now. There is often a chance meeting, or something that I worked on 10 years ago suddenly becomes important again.

If the opportunities are a little limited, then you've got to try to find a way to make something happen the best way you can.

I just like to stay ready for whatever presents itself.