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.

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.

Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.

Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost read more

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an read more

The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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.