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- Remark, attributed in John Gordon Stewart Drysdale and John James Drysdale, The Protoplasmic Theory of Life (1874), p. 279 (note).
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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Every great decision creates ripples—like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.