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Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
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.
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.
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.
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, read more
The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most
possible out of the read more
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most
possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is
success, and there is no other.
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.
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.
