"Chance favors the prepared mind" - one of my favorite quotes. The point being, chances come your way every day, and you need to be prepared to grab them.
The sentiment may lose its power if factors like inequality and racism make the chances available wildly different for disadvantaged subsets of society.
Hearing such quotes may be to them insult to injury if coming from well born or huge outliers (that got 1/million lucky).
Even the most disadvantaged should still prepare themselves. And ideally get extra help, without pretense, from those who never had to face their precarious circumstances.
Hearing such quotes may be to them insult to injury if coming from well born or huge outliers (that got 1/million lucky).
Even the most disadvantaged should still prepare themselves. And ideally get extra help, without pretense, from those who never had to face their precarious circumstances.