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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.
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.
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came read more
"Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry;
"Oh, give us water or we die!"
A voice came o'er the waters far,
"Just drop your bucket where you are."
And then they dipped and drank their fill
Of water fresh from mead and hill;
And then they knew they sailed upon
The broad mouth of the Amazon.
The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the read more
The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
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.
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some read more
Not by appointment do we meet delight
Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;
But round some corner of the streets of life
They of a sudden greet us with a smile.
