Antonio was not spoiled by his good fortune, but remained at heart the same simple, earnest, faithful boy who had tried so hard to become a good stone-cutter in the shop of Pisano.

Some may not have heard how the boy Antonio took advantage of this first great opportunity; but all know of Canova, one of the greatest sculptors of all time.
_Weak men wait for opportunities, strong men make them_.
"The best men," says E.H.Chapin, "are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor." There may not be one chance in a million that you will ever receive unusual aid; but opportunities are often presented which you can improve to good advantage, if you will only _act_.
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind.
Opportunities! Every life is full of them.

Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity.

Every examination is a chance in life.
Every patient is an opportunity.

Every newspaper article is an opportunity.