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Seek not for fresher founts afar,
Just drop your bucket where you are;
And while the ship read more
Seek not for fresher founts afar,
Just drop your bucket where you are;
And while the ship right onward leaps,
Uplift it from the exhaustless deeps.
Parch not your life with dry despair;
The stream of hope flow everywhere--
So under every sky and star,
Just drop your bucket where you are.
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not read more
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make read more
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came read more
"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came o'er the waters far,
"Just drop your bucket where you are."
And then they dipped and drank their fill
Of water fresh from mead and hill;
And then they knew they sailed upon
The broad mouth of the Amazon.
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.