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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam read more
Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
[Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli;
Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]
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.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.