Wehavebeentoldthatdiligencecanleadtosuccess.Butthereisanothervoiceinthesocietythatopportunityismoreimportantthanhardwork.Idisagree.Opportunityisallaround.Hardworkcapitalizesonthoseopportunities.Doingthingsthatadvanceyourownknowledgeorvocationmakesluckappeartobeonyourside.

　　Everybodywantstosucceed.Butwhenitcomestothequestionthatwhichfactorleadstosuccess,opportunityorhard-work,differentpeoplewillofferdifferentanswers.Somepeoplethinkthatopportunityisthefirstfactorleadingtosuccess.Theyholdtheidea,asaproverbsaying,“Manproposes,goddisposes”.Becausealmostallsuccessfulpeoplehavegoodluckandhavecaughttheirvaluableopportunities,theybelievethatopportunityisaleadingconditionofthesuccess.Ifseizesandmakesthebestuseofopportunityavailable,onecansucceedsurely.Insummary,tothem,chancesandlucksplaythemostimportantroleontheroadtosuccess.However,othersmaintainthat“nopains,nogains”.Withoutexertingoneself,onecouldneverexpecttoachievesuccessinnomatterwhatoneisdoing.Asisknowntoall,thereisnoroyalroadtothesummitofsuccess.Oneislikelytosucceedonlywhenonehasworkedwithwhole-hearteddevotionandperseverance.Thosewhoarelazy,sloppyandindifferenttotheirwork,thosewhoneverconcentrateonworkwilldefinitelyendinfailure.Onthewhole,asfarastheyareconcerned,hard-workingisthedecisivefactortosuccess.Inmyview,bothhardworkandopportunityeventuallymatters.Theyareinseparablefromeachother,andputtogether,theymakeagreatsuccess.Hardworkistoluckwhatfishistowater,andcanbeseenasaninteriorpreconditionofsuccess.Itlaysthecorner-stoneforbuildingahousewhileluckservestocementit,tomakethebuildingbricksadherenttooneanother.Theyarethetwinsthatcontributetosuccesstogether.Theyarethefactorsfromwithinandwithoutrespectively.Wemustworkhard,makeeffortsandgetprepared.Whenopportunitiescome,meetandmakefulluseofthem.Onlyinthiswaycanwesucceedoneday.