Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

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

Best Quotes about Opportunity

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

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

Was a great high wall there that tried to stop me. Was a great big sign there said private Property but on the back side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.

Guthrie, Woody

The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.

Copeland, William Taylor

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

Branson, Richard

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

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

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

If you see the bandwagon you've missed it.

Phillips, James

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

Young, Brigham

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When fortune knocks open the door.

Proverb, German

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthenes

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When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

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

Wicker, John

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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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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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There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Edison, Thomas A.

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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

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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

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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

Krishna, Rama

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Every wall is a door.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Written in Chinese, the word crisis, is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represent opportunity.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Koch, Sally

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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

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

Menace, Dennis the

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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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Little opportunities should be improved.

FeNelon, Francois

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Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Ginzberg, Eli

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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Proverb, Cuban

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

Herold, Don

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

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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Do not wait for ideal circumstances nor for the best opportunities; they will never come.

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

Barton, Bruce

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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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Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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

Sayle, Alexi

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

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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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