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    Let nothing pass which will advantage you;
    Hairy in front, Occasion's bald behind.
    [Lat., Rem tibi quam nosces aptam dimittere noli;
    Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.]

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It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon read more

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.

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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.

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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have read more

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.

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Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the read more

Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.

by Robert Brault Found in: Opportunity Quotes,
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art read more

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Opportunity Quotes,
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Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not read more

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most
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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most
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He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.

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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.

by Doris Lessing Found in: Opportunity Quotes,
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