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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some read more
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some corner of the streets of life
They of a sudden greet us with a smile.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we read more
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, read more
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
America is another name for opportunity.
America is another name for opportunity.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the read more
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.
