Maybe there’s a harder job than consignment shopkeeper or resaler. (Though personally, I doubt it.) If so, these ladies might have had it.
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. — Martha Washington
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. — Abigail Adams
Do one thing every day that scares you. — Eleanor Roosevelt
If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t take the risk. — Rosalynn Carter
You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities. — Barbara Bush
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
I think these first ladies had it right. When my partner and I were contemplating opening our store, everything seemed to fall into place, like it was our destiny. But when we think of it, we were meeting almost everyday at a coffee house or restaurant to discuss, plan, and implement our ideas. We did not rely on luck, but prepared ourselves to be available when opportunities came along for us to pick up a jewelry counter for $25, and clothes racks for $10. Though we opened in the dead of winter, and the days have been slow, we are 100 percent certain that we did the right thing, and that we are going to be successful.