Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills. — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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Which class is happiest, the rich, the middle class or the poor? A very successful executive of a large organization touches upon this vital… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
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