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Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
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.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison.
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never read more
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that read more
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
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.
Opportunities are there for only a second but you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
Opportunities are there for only a second but you got to see it, just like a shooting star.
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.
