Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

Opportunity always looks better going than coming.

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Best Quotes about Opportunity

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

Crane, George W.

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

Right now a moment is fleeting by! Capture its reality in paint! To do that we must put all else out of our minds. We must become that moment, make ourselves a sensitive recording plate. give the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time.

Cezanne, Paul

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

Where one door closes, another opens.

Quixote, Don

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

Koch, Sally

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

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.

Flanders, Alberta

10.

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

11.

You must make your own opportunities.

Gough, John B.

12.

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

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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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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

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Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.

Chapin Jr., Roy D.

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Some people steer by the light from the stars, while others steer by the lights from each passing ship.

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A chip on the shoulder indicates that there is wood higher up.

Herbert, Jack

18.

Be an opener of doors.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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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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When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

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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.

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To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Lee, Bruce

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The right man is the one that seizes the moment.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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God supplies us with the opportunity, but He cannot take advantage of it for us.

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Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone's good luck. You'll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.

Schwartz, David J.

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THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.

Tina Fey

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Do you see difficulties in every opportunity or opportunities in every difficulty?

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He's got the whole world at his feet and he can't find his shoes.

Williamson, John

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One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back.

Wideman, John Edgar

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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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Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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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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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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Opportunity is ever worth expecting; let your hook be ever hanging ready, the fish will be in the pool where you least imagine it to be.

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A wise man doesn't just wait for the right opportunity, He creates the right opportunity.

39.

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

Herold, Don

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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.

42.

There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

Kettering, Charles F.

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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

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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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Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

Forbes, B. C.

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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

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Opportunity multiply as they are seized.

Wicker, John

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Little opportunities should be improved.