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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.
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is read more
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that read more
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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.
