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It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be read more
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while
the iron is hot.
I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while
the iron is hot.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people
don't recognize them.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people
don't recognize them.
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.
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some read more
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some corner of the streets of life
They of a sudden greet us with a smile.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.
We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.