Opportunity Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Opportunity quotes, Opportunity sayings, and Opportunity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A little learning is a dangerous thing.      -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.      -- Chinese Proverb - (thanks to Alice Fonda-Marsland)
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.      -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
A penny for your thoughts.      -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.      -- Latin proverb (on the conduct of life)
Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best.      -- Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956)
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.      -- Moroccan (on education)
Live and learn.      -- George Gascoigne (c.1539-1577)
Necessity is a great teacher.      -- Mexican (on education)
Never mistake a single mistake with a final mistake.      -- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
The doors of wisdom are never shut.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The one who teaches is the giver of eyes.      -- Tamil (Asian Indian) (on education)