Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make read more

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

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.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

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.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more