Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

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

Best Quotes about Opportunity

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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

Opportunity multiply as they are seized.

Wicker, John

Downs, Lawrence

Opportunities neglected can never be recovered.

Proverb

Opportunity is lost by deliberation.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Publilius Syrus

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

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

Sayle, Alexi

10.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

Krishna, Rama

11.

We must open the doors of opportunity.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

12.

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.

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Williamson, John

16.

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

17.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Peters, Thomas J.

18.

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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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

20.

The back of one door is the face of another.

Proverb

21.

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

22.

Lack of opportunity is often nothing more than lack of purpose or direction

Best of Bits and Pieces

23.

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

Landers, Ann

24.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Laver, Rod

25.

Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.

Ovid

26.

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

Koch, Sally

27.

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

Wicker, John

28.

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

Chapin Jr., Roy D.

29.

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

Lehmann, Rosamond

30.

This American system of ours. call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

Capone, Al

31.

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

32.

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

Rowland, Helen

33.

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

Flanders, Alberta

34.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Smiles, Samuel

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You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.

Ellen Metcalf

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

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

38.

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.

39.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Patty Hansen

40.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Lee, Bruce

41.

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

Herold, Don

43.

A sign on the door of Opportunity reads Push.

44.

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

Horace

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

Branson, Richard