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Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
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.
The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...
The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you read more
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
Opportunities are there for only a second but you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
Opportunities are there for only a second but you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway read more
The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Unknown.
Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.
Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not read more
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
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Holding occasion by the hand,
Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower,
Waiving what none can understand,
I make mine hour.
