Michael Korda Quotes

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

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

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

The early bird catches the worm.

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

I think it is important to grab the moment and be ready when the opportunity is in front of you, but people may not be ready when that moment arrives.

I'm trying to see what way I could lead so when the opportunity comes, it won't just hit me in the face.

Talent is not enough. You need to be in the right place at the right moment.

I think success is what you make of it - of course there is always the factor of luck, but one should always be equipped to seize the moment when opportunity knocks.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

When your ship comes in, make sure you are willing to unload it

It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

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.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

My photography is the result of being there at the right moment.

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.