The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is read more

The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people
don't recognize them.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people
don't recognize them.

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.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
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If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently;
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.