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Opportunity

«Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes.»
«Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.»
«Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.»
Author: W. R. Inge | About: Opportunity, Prayer | Keywords: gentleman, maker, meets
«Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.»
«Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.»
«Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.»
«Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again»
Author: Latin Proverb | About: Opportunity | Keywords: bald, forelock, Jupiter
«Opportunity only knocks once»
Author: Proverb | About: Opportunity | Keywords: knocks, Opportunity Knocks
«Opportunity makes the thief»
Author: Proverb | About: Opportunity | Keywords: thief
«Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckkon us with beepers and billboards.»

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