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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.
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.
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
They do me wrong who say I come no more,
When once I know and fail to find you read more
They do me wrong who say I come no more,
When once I know and fail to find you in;
For every day I stand outside your door
And bid you wait, and rise to fight and win.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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 always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life read more
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an read more
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door,
and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The
world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases
can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually
smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him
forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have
to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can
get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity
does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves
that they are alive.
