Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.

- Copeland, William Taylor

Best Quotes about Opportunity

Where one door closes, another opens.

Quixote, Don

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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

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

Kirkpatrick, Kirk

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

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

Publilius Syrus

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.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

Opportunity is no more than a better way of serving and providing for humanities needs.

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The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.

Rowland, Helen

11.

The back of one door is the face of another.

Proverb

12.

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

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

Nightingale, Earl

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As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

Collier, Robert

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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Hill, Napoleon

17.

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

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

18.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

19.

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

Wicker, John

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

Williamson, John

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Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

Syrus, Publilius

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

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It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

YoungJr., Whitney

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

Young, Brigham

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Opportunities neglected can never be recovered.

Proverb

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Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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Opportunity creates desire.

Proverb, Dutch

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

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Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.

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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.

Nightingale, Earl

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Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

Ginzberg, Eli

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If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

Gough, John B.

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

Herold, Don

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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

43.

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity

Schucman, Helen

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Arrange Whatever pieces come your way.