Motivational Quotes

Opportunity

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

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Best Quotes about Opportunity

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

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 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

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Williamson, John

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Proverb, Cuban

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity

Schucman, Helen

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

Proverb, English

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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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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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THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.

Tina Fey

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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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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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Opportunities neglected can never be recovered.

Proverb

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

18.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Iacocca, Lee

19.

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

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Opportunity multiply as they are seized.

Wicker, John

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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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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Opportunities are never lost; they are taken by others.

27.

Make the iron hot by striking it.

Cromwell, Oliver

28.

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

29.

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

Sayle, Alexi

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

Flanders, Alberta

31.

We must open the doors of opportunity.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.

Brown, Gene

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There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

Steichen, Edward

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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

35.

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

Branson, Richard

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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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The right man is the one that seizes the moment.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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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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There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Edison, Thomas A.

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Opportunity always looks better going than coming.

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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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Where one door closes, another opens.

Quixote, Don

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

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

Hill, Napoleon