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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?
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is read more
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
He is the proper man.
[Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
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Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
He is the proper man.
[Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,
Das ist der rechte Mann.]
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.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
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.
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be read more
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
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.
