Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

Why are there so many people who never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?

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Best Quotes about Opportunity

Many of us have heard opportunity knocking at our door, but by the time we unhooked the chain, pushed back the bolt, turned two locks, and shuts off the burglar alarm -- it was gone.

A good deal happens in a man's life that he isn't responsible for. Fortunate openings occur; but it is safe to remember that such breaks are occurring all the time, and other things being equal, the advantage goes to the man who is ready.

Downs, Lawrence

This American system of ours. call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

Capone, Al

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Barton, Bruce

Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

Anderson, Bob

Some say opportunity knocks only once, That is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

L'Amour, Louis

Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.

Horace

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Peters, Thomas J.

10.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

11.

Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

Coolidge, Rita

12.

The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.

Copeland, William Taylor

13.

Many of us spend our lives searching for success when it is usually so close that we can reach out and touch it.

Conwell, Russel H.

14.

You must make your own opportunities.

Gough, John B.

15.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Marden, Orison Swett

16.

It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

YoungJr., Whitney

17.

Little opportunities should be improved.

FeNelon, Francois

18.

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

Colton, Charles Caleb

19.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Lee, Bruce

20.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Young, Brigham

21.

Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.

Sayle, Alexi

22.

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own acres of diamonds.

Nightingale, Earl

23.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Edison, Thomas A.

24.

We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot.

Sharp, Tom

25.

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Crane, George W.

26.

The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

27.

Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Hill, Napoleon

28.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

Collier, Robert

29.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

Krishna, Rama

30.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Allen, James

31.

If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

Gough, John B.

32.

To recognize an opportunity and use it is the difference between success and failure.

33.

Every minute starts an hour and every minute is a new opportunity. Each time the clock ticks you have a chance to start over, to say, do, think, or feel something in such a way that you and the world are better for it.

34.

Opportunity is no more than a better way of serving and providing for humanities needs.

35.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

36.

Opportunities neglected can never be recovered.

Proverb

37.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

Estefan, Gloria

38.

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.

Buffett, Warren

39.

Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.

Nightingale, Earl

40.

Opportunities are everywhere.The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff.There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime.

Benington, Lucy

41.

Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by.

Mandino, Og

42.

Lack of opportunity is often nothing more than lack of purpose or direction

Best of Bits and Pieces

43.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.

Koch, Sally

44.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

Buffett, Warren

45.

When fortune knocks open the door.

Proverb, German

46.

Men never moan over the opportunities lost to do good, only the opportunities to be bad.

Proverb, Greek

47.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes

48.

Be an opener of doors.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

49.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.