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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
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.
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, read more
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success
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.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
 Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
 He is the proper man.
  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
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 Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
 He is the proper man.
  [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
   Das ist der rechte Mann.] 
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.