Opportunity Knocks Quotes

• If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

  Richard Branson

  Motivational, Inspiring, Powerful

  Twitter post from Jan 24, 2018

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• Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Good Morning, Missing You

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• Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

  Leon Spinks

  Opportunity, Knows, Ifs

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• A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

  Oscar Wilde

  Opportunity, Optimism, Complaining

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• Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Men, Opportunity, Doors

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• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1089, RosettaBooks

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• Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Dream, Opportunity, Thinking

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• Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Change, Travel

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• Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Eye, Opportunity

  Twitter post from Apr 15, 2017

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• In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

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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.

  Louis L'Amour

  Opportunity, Chance, Equipment

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

  Ann Landers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity. You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.

  Spike Lee

  Believe, Fall, Opportunity

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• One way to kill an opportunity is to avoid taking it.

  Jack Canfield

  Opportunity, Way, One Way

  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen (2010). “The Power Of Focus”, p.247, Random House

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• Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 08, 2016

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

  B. C. Forbes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Opportunity

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• Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

  Rita Coolidge

  Funny, Humor, Opportunity

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• One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it.

  Ani DiFranco

  Motivational, Change, Positivity

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• Change brings opportunity.

  Nido R Qubein

  Inspirational, Change, Life Changing

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  When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Every little obstacle-every fall you have-is an opportunity.

  Wayne Dyer

  Fall, Opportunity, Littles

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jun 11, 2010

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• If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams.

  Jane Goodall

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

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• If we stop thinking of the poor as victims or as a burden and start recognizing them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will open up.

  C. K. Prahalad

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Thinking

  C.K. Prahalad (2009). “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Revised and Updated 5th Anniversary Edition: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits”, p.25, FT Press

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• One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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