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The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, read more
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success
Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.
Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.
It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
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.
I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is read more
I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
I answer not, and I return no more.
If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.
If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.
