TheManAnd The Opportunity

丁鳳嬌

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak，vacillating mind. Opportunities！ Every life is full of them.

Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity. Everyexamination is a chance in life. Every business transactionis an opportunity—an opportunity to be polite， an opportunityto be manly， an opportunity to be honest， an opportunityto make friends. Every proof of confidence in youis a great opportunity. Every responsibility thrust upon yourstrength and your honor is priceless.

Existence is the privilege of effort， and when that privilegeis met like a man， opportunities to succeed along theline of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them.

Young men and women， why do you stand here all theday idle？ Was the land all occupied before you were born？Has the earth ceased to yield its increase？ Are the seats alltaken？ The positions all filled？ The chances all gone？ Arethe resources of your country fully developed？ Are the secretsof nature all mastered？ Is there no way in which youcan utilize these passing moments to improve yourself orbenefit another？

Don’t wait for your opportunity. Make it， make it asNapoleon made his in a hundred“impossible”situations.Make it， as all leaders of men， in war and in peace， havemade their chances of success. Make it， as every man must，who would accomplish anything worth the effort. Goldenopportunities are nothing to laziness， but industry makes thecommonest chances golden.

缺乏機(jī)遇總是意志薄弱、優(yōu)柔寡斷者的借口。機(jī)遇！每個(gè)人的生命中都充滿著機(jī)遇！

學(xué)?；虼髮W(xué)的每一堂課都是一次機(jī)遇。每一場(chǎng)考試都是人生的一次契機(jī)。每一次商業(yè)交易都是一次機(jī)會(huì)—— 一次禮貌待人的機(jī)會(huì)，一次果敢行事的機(jī)會(huì)，一次誠(chéng)實(shí)守信的機(jī)會(huì)，一次廣交朋友的機(jī)會(huì)。每一份他人對(duì)你的信任就是一個(gè)莫大的機(jī)會(huì)。每一份強(qiáng)加在你才干和榮譽(yù)之上的責(zé)任都是無(wú)價(jià)的。

生存是奮斗的特權(quán)，當(dāng)你如勇者般通過(guò)努力邂逅的那份生存特權(quán)時(shí)，成功的機(jī)遇將隨著你的能力接踵而至，甚至?xí)屇銘?yīng)接不暇。

年輕的小伙子和姑娘們啊，為什么整日滯足不前，虛度光陰？難道在你們出生之前，每一寸土地都已為他人所占？難道地球已不再繁衍生息？難道所有座位都已占滿？難道所有職位都有人填補(bǔ)？ 難道所有機(jī)會(huì)都一去不復(fù)返？難道你們國(guó)家的資源都已開發(fā)殆盡？難道大自然的奧秘都已完全通曉？難道你們無(wú)法抓住轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的時(shí)機(jī)來(lái)提高自我、造福他人？

切莫等待機(jī)遇。創(chuàng)造機(jī)遇，正如拿破侖在無(wú)數(shù)次“絕”境中創(chuàng)造機(jī)遇那樣。創(chuàng)造機(jī)遇，正如戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)及和平年代所有領(lǐng)袖創(chuàng)造成功機(jī)遇那樣。創(chuàng)造機(jī)遇，任何付出努力都想有所收獲的人都必須這么做。對(duì)懶漢來(lái)說(shuō)，即使天賜良機(jī)，也會(huì)化為烏有，而勤奮卻能讓最微小的機(jī)遇變得燦爛輝煌！

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