POWERFUL GEMS PART 2

What is opportunity, and when does it knock? it never knocks. You can wait a whole life time, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knock. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny.
(Maxwell Maltz)

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Be ready when opportunity comes..... Luck is when preparation and opportunity meet. (ROY D. Chapin Jr·)

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One important key to success is self confidence. An important key to self confidence is preparation.
(Arthur Ashe)

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Let us rise up and be thankful, for Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. (Cicero)

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