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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.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost read more
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
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.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.
Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
