Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.

- Brown, Les

Best Quotes about Opportunity

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

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

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

Forbes, B. C.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

You must make your own opportunities.

Gough, John B.

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

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

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

Kettering, Charles F.

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

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

Williamson, John

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When fortune knocks open the door.

Proverb, German

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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

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

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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

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

Sayle, Alexi

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

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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 neglected can never be recovered.

Proverb

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When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Proverb, Cuban

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

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The back of one door is the face of another.

Proverb

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Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity

Schucman, Helen

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Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Ginzberg, Eli

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

Wicker, John

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Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.

Brown, Gene

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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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We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization

Arbiter, Gauis Petronius

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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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A sign on the door of Opportunity reads Push.

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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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The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.

Copeland, William Taylor

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Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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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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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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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

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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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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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Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.

Proverb, Arabian

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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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To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Lee, Bruce

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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