“Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.” MenAbleOpportunityStrongWaitingMediocre Author:B. C. Forbes
“Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.” IfsKnowsMenWritingLongFacesOpportunityFeetColdChickensCowardPreparingBettingCold Feet Author:B. C. Forbes
“Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by the death of ex-Secretary of the Interior [Franklin K.] Lane. He remained in public service, doing most noble work, until his means became absolutely exhausted, and he died before having had the opportunity to reaccumulate any bank account.... He died leaving no estate whatsoever. Is what he did leave more to be desired, more to be coveted, than a fortune reaching into six or seven figures?” MeanOpportunityNationsFiguresGratitudeSixAccountsDiedFortuneSevenLeavingNobleEsteemReachingWorthwhileSecretaryEstatesEarningExhaustedInteriorsExesPublic ServiceLanesFranklinBank Accounts Author:B. C. Forbes
“Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall season, with its new opportunities for effort, enterprise and achievement, is upon us. Let us rip off our coats and get down to business. We may have allowed pessimism to grip us during the summer months. We may even have allowed laziness to enter our bones. Now it is up to us to throw off both lassitude and pessimism. The time has come for action, for aggressiveness.” MayActionFallOpportunityEffortDogMonthsAchievementSummerSeasonsBonesEnterpriseHolidayPessimismDistractionVacationLazinessCoatsRipRecreationNew OpportunityFall SeasonAggressivenessDog Days Author:B. C. Forbes
“The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them.... Think of what opportunities the present and the future contain in such fields as ship-building and ship-owning, aircraft, electrical development, the oil industry, different branches of the automotive industry, foreign trade, international banking, invention, the chemical industry, moving pictures, color photography, and, one night add, labor leadership.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDifferentAmericaMovingNightOpportunityStageFieldsBuildingColorDevelopmentIndustryPhotographyLaborTradeMajorityAddFortuneInternationalOilInventionShipsDevelopingBranchesChemicalsEnteringBankingOne NightElectricalAircraftColossalOil IndustryColor PhotographyForeign Trade Author:B. C. Forbes
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“Backboneless employees are too ready to attribute the success of others to luck. Luck is usually the fruit of intelligent application. The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.” MenOpportunityHe ManReadyIntelligentLuckFruitBusyBotherEmployeeApplicationAttributesToo BusySuccess Of Others Author:B. C. Forbes
“Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.” IfsInspirationalMotivationalOpportunityWishDoorsWillingFinancialSelf MotivationEnteringTake A ChanceSecond ChanceKnockingOpportunity KnocksBest Opportunity Author:B. C. Forbes
“Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.” MenWayUseOpportunityBenefitsWorthyComplainingUnworthyFickleCapricious Author:B. C. Forbes
“The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.” MenOpportunityLuckIntentionBusyBotherToo BusyBusy Life Author:B. C. Forbes
