אֵין לְךָ אָדָם שֶׁאֵין לוֹ שָׁעָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

There is no person who does not have his hour

הגדרה (אנגלית)

There is no one who does not have a special moment to succeed or to prove their ability. Everyone has a time when fortune will shine upon them.

("Do not disdain any person...for there is no person who does not have his hour, and there is no thing that does not have its place" – Avot 4:3; also: "The host’s friend… fulfilled the young man’s desire… there is nothing that does not have its hour. Who would have thought, who would have imagined?" – Bialik, Notes in Passing, Merchant, Hint; also: "So, why did these things happen? Because you said: There is no pot that does not have its hour…" – Sholem Aleichem, The Pot, 133; also: "And if not for his good heart, which spoke well of him… this is what his heart told him: There is no person who does not have his hour, and there is no thing that does not have its place" – Agnon, A City in Its Fullness, 61)