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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.
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Seek not for fresher founts afar,
Just drop your bucket where you are;
And while the ship read more
Seek not for fresher founts afar,
Just drop your bucket where you are;
And while the ship right onward leaps,
Uplift it from the exhaustless deeps.
Parch not your life with dry despair;
The stream of hope flow everywhere--
So under every sky and star,
Just drop your bucket where you are.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome read more
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.
