#epa

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#educated #great #just #make #occasion

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#anvil #be prepared #bear #days #ever

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#between #cultures #found #i #musically

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#always #band #could #davis #else

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#consequences #prepared #take #world #you

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them! ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#just #kind #prepare #really #roles

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#after #artist #color #expression #means

When preparing to climb a mountain - pack a light heart. ↗

— Dan May

#heart #light #mountain #pack #preparing

Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you. ↗

— Billy Mays

#broken #busted #buying #everybody #fix