"Opportunities are not offered. They must be..." - Quote by Indira Gandhi
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.
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“Maybe I would have considered the problem if I'd met someone with whom I'd have liked to live. But I never met this someone and... No, even if I had met him, I'm sure I wouldn't have got married again. Why should I get married now that my life is so full? No, no, it's out of the question.”
“The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.”
“That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.”
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“Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.”
“Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.”
“Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.”
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“I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beechtree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.”
“I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.”
“Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to - starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.”