Pittacus of Mytilene Quotes

Know thy opportunity.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Seize opportunity by the forelock and see where it leads you.

Opportunity only gives you knockers once.

Know your opportunity.

You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.

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

You never know when you're going to get an opportunity.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

Timing in life is everything.

The early bird catches the worm.

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Timing in life is everything.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

Look for your opportunities.

It takes skill to benefit from luck.

I think timing is everything.

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