Earl Nightingale Quotes

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.

It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it.

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

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

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.

It's not about having luck; it's about putting yourself in a position of luck.

When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.

Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.

Often people think opportunity is a matter of luck. I believe opportunities are all around us. Some seize it. Others stand and let it pass by.

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.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

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

So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.