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Famous Opportunity Knocks Quotes

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. - Kyle Chandler

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. — Kyle Chandler

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

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity. — Leon Spinks

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it — Sumner Redstone

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. — Anonymous

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. — Milton Berle

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

Opportunity only knocks once: Grab it or you’ll lose it. — Filipino Proverbs

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her. — Mark Twain

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you. — Clive Davis

Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. — Roy D. Chapin, Jr.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation — Zig Ziglar

Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work. - Mike Rowe

Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work. — Mike Rowe

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day. — Rick Warren

Short Opportunity Knocks Quotes

  • Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. — Napoleon Hill
  • Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you're only looking for a lucky break. — Unknown Author
  • I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them. — Audrey Hepburn
  • If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. — Thomas J. Peters
  • Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. — Napoleon Hill
  • This opportunity comes once in a lifetime. — Eminem
  • Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, because it could lead to something amazing. — Joe Rogan
  • The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock. — Tony Gaskins
  • Opportunities multiply when you seize them. — Sun Tzu
  • The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled. — American Proverbs

Opportunity Knocks Image Quotes

When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in. - Sam Shepard quote

When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in. — Sam Shepard

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. - Oscar Wilde quote

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde

Opportunity knocks quote Sometimes the opportunity only knocks once. Be prepared, be open, be brave.
Sometimes the opportunity only knocks once. Be prepared, be open, be brave.

Sometimes Opportunity Knocks Quotes

Chance. It weaves through our lives like a golden thread, sometimes knotting, tangling, and breaking along the way. Loose threads are left hanging, but the in and out, the back and forth continues, the weaving goes on. It doesn't stop. — Mary E. Pearson

Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work. — Junot Diaz

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

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

Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable. — Joyce Meyer

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. — Doug Larson

Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock. — James Geary

Opportunity knocks quote If opportunity doesnt knock, build a door
If opportunity doesnt knock, build a door

Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Opportunity Knocks Only Once Quotes

Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell — Oprah Winfrey

That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails. — Victoria Moran

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 may knock only once but it passes by your door every day. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

Opportunity Comes Knocking Quotes

Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open. — Unknown

A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door. — Joan Lunden

If you've got a good idea and you're willing to do whatever it takes to pursue it, keep your head up and eyes open because you don't know when opportunity will come knocking. — Paula Deen

You have to work ceaselessly on your end to digest and imbibe your opportunities or, I have come to believe, they will gradually slip away and knock on someone else's more receptive door. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Opportunities Don't Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down! — Greg Plitt

Opportunity seldom come along and knock you on the Head. — Jon Jones

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More Opportunity Knocks Quotes

Different people are afforded different opportunities. I've been given some awesome opportunities, and I feel that I've always knocked them out of the park. But I've always been scaled back after that. — CM Punk

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. — Whitney M. Young

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind. — Robert Kiyosaki

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars. — Barbara Brown Taylor

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

When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it. — Boris Pasternak

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more — Bob Dylan

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers. — Walter Chrysler

One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it. — Ani Difranco

I’ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. — Matt Groening

Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome. — Lolo Jones

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. — Max Eastman

Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper. — Kazuo Inamori

Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. — Mae West

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that? — Omar Epps

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more. — William Shakespeare

Change brings opportunity. — Nido R Qubein

Every little obstacle-every fall you have-is an opportunity. — Wayne Dyer

I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.' — Sayings

Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests. — Brian Tracy

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. — William Arthur Ward

Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly. — Frank Tyger

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. — Gloria Estefan

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you're never at home. — Marilyn vos Savant

The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets. — Napoleon Hill

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life. — Mark Twain

Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door. — Nicolas Chamfort

When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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. — Gloria Estefan

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