Chance favors those who are prepared.
Interpretation
Preparation increases the likelihood of success when opportunities arise.
This quote by Louis Pasteur emphasizes the importance of being prepared to seize opportunities when they present themselves. It suggests that success is not merely a matter of luck or chance, but is greatly influenced by the readiness and capability of individuals to act upon available opportunities, thus highlighting the value of preparation and diligent work.
In practice
In a motivational speech about achieving goals, this quote can emphasize the importance of being prepared.
To demonstrate experimentally that a microscopic organism actually is the cause of a disease and the agent of contagion, I know no other way, in the present state of Science, than to subject the microbe (the new and happy term introduced by M. Sédillot) to the method of cultivation out of the body.
The universe is an asymmetrical entity. I am inclined to believe that life as it is manifested to us must be a function of the asymmetry of the universe or of the consequence of this fact. The universe is asymmetrical; for if one placed the entire set of bodies that compose the solar system, each moving in its own way, before a mirror, the image shown would not be superimposable on the reality.
These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.
Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of invention. ... [Do not] share the opinion of those narrow minds who disdain everything in science which has not an immediate application. ... A theoretical discovery has but the merit of its existence: it awakens hope, and that is all. But let it be cultivated, let it grow, and you will see what it will become.
These three things-work, will, success-fill human existences. Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. Work passes these doors, and at the end of the journey success comes in to crown one's efforts.
You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.
If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.
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There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
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