Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

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.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, read more

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

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.

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.

Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

"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.