Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word'crisis.'One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.

- John F. Kennedy

Best Quotes about Opportunity

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

Edison, Thomas A.

The back of one door is the face of another.

Proverb

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Thatcher, Margaret

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

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

Opportunity creates desire.

Proverb, Dutch

Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.

Tocqueville, Alexis De

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

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Publilius Syrus

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One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That's not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Rockerfeller, David

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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

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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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Koch, Sally

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One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

Gracian, Baltasar

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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

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

Young, Brigham

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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

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Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

Branson, Richard

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When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity o start all over again, to turn over a new page.

Caddy, Eileen

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Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity

Schucman, Helen

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

Horace

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

Buffett, Warren

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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.

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

Menace, Dennis the

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

Crane, George W.

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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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

Wicker, John

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Where one door closes, another opens.

Quixote, Don

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Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Marx, Karl

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

Herold, Don

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It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Hoffer, Eric

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What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live -- with your self-respect alive and growing.

Maltz, Maxwell

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The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an opportunity. Every client is an opportunity. Every sermon is an opportunity. Every business transaction is an opportunity -- an opportunity to be polite -- an opportunity to be manly -- an opportunity to be honest -- an opportunity to make friends.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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.

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Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.

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Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open.

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

Sayle, Alexi

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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

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We must open the doors of opportunity.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Landers, Ann

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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

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Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: Are your ready?

Carson, Johnny

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

Proverb, Greek

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You can't wait for the phone to ring. You have to ring them.

Grade, Lord Lew

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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

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You must make your own opportunities.