"Opportunities always look bigger going than…

“An opportunity always looks bigger going than coming” was cited in print in May 1922 in the syndicated newspaper column “Smile a While” with Tom Sims. It’s hard to see opportunities as they come, but it’s easy to see them as they go, in hindsight.

“Opportunities always look bigger going than coming” (the plural form) was cited in print in May 1923.

26 May 1922, Elkhart (IN) Truth, “Pepographs,” pg. 4, col. 4:
An opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.

27 May 1922, Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, “Smile a While” with Tom Sims, pg. 4, col. 7:
An opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.

Chronicling America
8 June 1922, Seattle (WA) Star, pg. 6, col. 2:
An opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.

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18 May 1923, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, “Twilight Thinks,” pg. 14, col. 6:
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

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12 November 1942, DeWitt (AR) Era-Enterprise, “About Town,” pg. 2, col. 3:
OPPORTUNITIES ALWAYS LOOK BIGGER GOING THAN COMING.

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New Treasury of Stories for Every Speaking and Writing Occasion
By Jacob Morton Braude
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1959
Pg. 255:
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

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Multinational Finance:
Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Operations
By Kirt C. Butler
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2012
Pg. 313:
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. —Anonymous

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Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. - unknown
1:34 AM - 1 Nov 2014