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Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
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.
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do read more
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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.