Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.

If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

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.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more

A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?

"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came read more

"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came o'er the waters far,
"Just drop your bucket where you are."
And then they dipped and drank their fill
Of water fresh from mead and hill;
And then they knew they sailed upon
The broad mouth of the Amazon.