Gloria Estefan Quotes

I believe opportunity doesn't knock twice!

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

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Opportunity only knocks so many times.

Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.

You got to get it while you can.

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.

The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

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.

You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.

There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.

You have to catch the breaks.

If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that's really funny.

I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.

I haven't wasted many opportunities that fate gave me.

You will always miss chances, but you can't do anything about them once they've gone. It's always about the next chance.

I blew a chance at a million dollars.

You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.

Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.

If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.

When your time comes, you need to grab it with both hands.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasn't.