Baltasar Gracian Quotes

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!

If you want to be successful, you must either have a chance or take one.

I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

When you walk up to opportunities door, don't knock it... Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Every time I got opportunities, I did something with it.

I've been very fortunate, but it also never occurred to me that I couldn't do something or that I couldn't ask if I could try something.

I've always said just give me an opportunity and I'm going to make the most of it.

When opportunities come my way, I'm going to try to make the play.

Give me an opportunity, I'm going to take advantage of those opportunities.

If I get my chance, then I've just got to go out there and take it and help the team to do as well as possible.

Once the opportunities knock on your door, you've got to try and go get them. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But at the same time, you've got to keep going.

Luck is something you find, or you go for it.

I believe in following opportunities.

You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down.

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

The world seems to belong to those who reach out and grab it with both hands. It belongs to those who do something rather than just wish and hope and plan and pray, and intend to do something someday, when everything is just right.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the “lucky breaks” theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck... The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait ... they are captured by those who dare to attack.