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

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it...

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.

You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest...

You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment;...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment;...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon...

No man fails who does his best.

No man fails who does his best.

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter...

No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter...

A will finds a way.

A will finds a way.

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...

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with...

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful...

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good...

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good...

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the...

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the...

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...

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when...

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when...

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better...

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.