“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”

“It is not very often that an opportunity comes knocking. But when it does, you better be bathed and dressed and ready to answer its call.”

“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”

“When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.”

“What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?"He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole. It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.”

“Because the rhythm of conversation makes no allowance for dead periods, because the presence of others calls for continuous responses, we are left to regret the inanity of what we say, and the missed opportunity of what we do not. ”