There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

Steichen, Edward

23.

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

24.

Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity.

Sugarman, Joseph

25.

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

Jackson, Jesse

26.

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

Crane, George W.

27.

The door of opportunity is wide open if you are prepared.

28.

Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open.

29.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Smiles, Samuel

30.

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.

Hendricks, Howard

31.

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

32.

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

Sayle, Alexi

33.

The right man is the one that seizes the moment.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

34.

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.

Keller, Helen

35.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing... Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

Meir, Golda

36.

Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening -- she makes one.

Kirkpatrick, Kirk

37.

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

Nightingale, Earl

38.

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

Sharp, Tom

39.

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

40.

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.

Herold, Don

41.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

Krishna, Rama

42.

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

Syrus, Publilius

43.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.

Wicker, John

44.

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.

45.

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

46.

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

Horace

47.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Patty Hansen

48.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Edison, Thomas A.

49.

People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there every morning.