"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." ― Benjamin Disraeli Topic(s): Success Tags: secret, success More From Benjamin Disraeli "The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble." "It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being." "That fatal drollery called a representative government." More In Success "It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s a quality that many people seem to have neglected."― Gerald R. Ford "There’s not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team."― Bryan Adams "Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you’re successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don’t get to that point."― Danny Glover