Many old people believe that its the first part which is right, while for the youth Hard Work is more important.
Please tell your viewpoint on this one.
2007-01-25 11:41:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think it's a combination. Action and reaction. Things can't happen until you do something, so you must act in order to get something to happen. However, some things can't happen until the conditions are set for it to happen. You have to wait for those conditions to exist before you can make that certain something happen. For example, a girl can't have a baby until she's sexually mature enough. She also can't have a baby unless she gets herself impregnated somehow.
2007-01-25 12:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by Le Petit Fleur 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my time the old people went with the "Hard work pays(off)" point of view. While my contemporaries more frequently believed in the former. (I am sixty)
A good version of the first: " The teacher will appear when the student is ready."
Hard work does pay off. However the benefits are not always the ones you were working for. The habits of hard work help you to be prepared for the ripeness of events. For this reason I think that the two aphorisms are not mutually exclusive. They seem to deal with different things. One is about action and the other about opportunity.
2007-01-25 20:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by colinchief 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well directed hard work pays off but if you float through life, the right time is important. Some people seem to fall into a cesspool and come out smelling like roses.
2007-01-25 19:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's basically like the Fate vs. Free Wll debate. Do things occur mechanically in a deterministic manner with our choices and decisions being subject to the ebb of time? Or is our Free Will one of the most powerful forces in the world to which only a lack of physical faculties and resources (i.e. the inability to work hard) can constrain?
It's a matter of preference really. I personally believe the latter.
2007-01-25 19:51:49 · answer #4 · answered by Smokey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how can things possibly "fall into place"if you haven't done anything to line it up, you can't expect to achieve anything with out first setting the wheels in motion, you must put the hard work in first.
Things don't just "happen"
So i guess they are both right, first you put in the hard work and then things should fall into place but you must maintain it
2007-01-25 19:51:32 · answer #5 · answered by phantasmagoriajewellery 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fall in place...ive worked so hard but my rewards were delayed bcoz it just wasnt the right time...
keep working tho..
2007-01-25 19:46:44 · answer #6 · answered by vincent m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well as per me its the hard work that pays and thats it
2007-01-26 01:32:17 · answer #7 · answered by Preety Damsel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋