Abraham Cowley Quotes

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

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.

I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.

The trouble with opportunity is, it never announces when it comes. It's only after it's gone, you'd realize that you missed it.

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

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

I'd let my golden chances pass me by.

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know.

But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been.

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you.

Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

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.

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

History punishes those who come too late.

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.

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

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.

If you do not take advantage of your chances, you can pay for it.

Opportunity only knocks so many times.

It's been sickening how much money I've passed up.

I blew a chance at a million dollars.