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

Mark Twain
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck. - Stanley Baldwin

  2. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon

  3. Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment – that which they cannot anticipate. - Sun Tzu

  4. We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many. - Francine Rivers

  5. You can be saved without suffering, but you cannot be sanctified without suffering. That doesn't mean you seek it out, but it does mean you see it for what it is. It's an opportunity to glorify God. - Mark Batterson

More Quotes By Mark Twain
  1. After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

  2. When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

  3. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

  4. The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

  5. Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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