Montesquieu Quotes

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

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

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

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

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.

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

You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.

Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.

Look for your opportunities.

Countries only have certain opportunities in history, and if you do not take advantage of them, those opportunities don't ever come back to you again.

You have to catch the breaks.

Take advantage of the opportunities that come before you in life.

There's opportunities you get that you want to grasp with both hands and you have to cherish them.

You have to be ready to pounce when a rare chance comes.

When you've got a chance, you've got to capitalize.

There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again. When you do well, do not change your ways. Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it.

Good luck is opportunity meeting preparedness.

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

I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.

When you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck.

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

One chance is all you need.