Quotes of Occasion - somelinesforyou

“ Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognized them. ”

- Ann Landers

“ It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ Do not wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities. ”

- Janet Erskine Stuart

“ Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ”

- Orison S. Marden

“ In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. ”

- Julius Caesar

“ The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. ”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ”

- Sally Koch

“ I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. ”

- Oprah Winfrey

“ It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses — if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others. ”

- Evan Esar

“ To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is here at the door to speak with him. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ This fearful concatenation of circumstances. ”

- Daniel Webster

“ I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television. ”

- Gore Vidal

“ Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others. ”

- Unknown

“ Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. ”

- Bob Feller

“ America is another name for opportunity. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations. ”

- Jean Paul Richter

“ Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. - Unknown. ”

- Unknown

“ Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. ”

- Plautus

“ Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude. ”

- Alfred North Whitehead

“ The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode and then another out of darkness into vision. Men cannot do the work of the world by this light alone. They cannot govern society by episodes, incidents, and eruptions… ”

- Walter Lippmann

“ The Player of the Year means a lot because it's from your peers. That is like the ultimate compliment. The money list doesn't really interest me that much only because if you play more, you have a better chance of making more money and I don't play that many events… ”

- Tiger Woods

“ Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. ”

- Leigh Hunt

“ There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. ”

- Plautus

“ Religion is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions. ”

- Unknown

“ Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham

“ The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history. ”

- Joseph Conrad

“ Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. ”

- William Shakespeare
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