Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

Quote by Orison Swett Marden

Topics: Chance Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things,...

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things,...

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a...

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a...

A will finds a way.

A will finds a way.

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how...

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how...

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes...

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.

No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes...

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes...

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after...

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after...

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

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

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no...

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle