It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not read more

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, read more

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success

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

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

This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.

This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.

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.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do read more

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is read more

I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
I answer not, and I return no more.