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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
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.
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
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Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an read more
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door,
and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The
world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases
can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually
smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him
forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have
to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can
get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity
does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves
that they are alive.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.
Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.
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.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
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.
