Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome read more

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

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 thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more

A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?

"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came read more

"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came o'er the waters far,
"Just drop your bucket where you are."
And then they dipped and drank their fill
Of water fresh from mead and hill;
And then they knew they sailed upon
The broad mouth of the Amazon.

Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.

Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.

Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.
[Lat., Rapiamus, amici,
Occasionem de read more

Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.
[Lat., Rapiamus, amici,
Occasionem de die.]