You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.