Opportunity Knocks Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Inspirational, Opportunity, African American

  "Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". TV Series, 2013.

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• Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

  Mae West

  Opportunity, Men, Giving

  Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House

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• Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Inspirational, Time, Adventure

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• Chance favors the prepared mind.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  Lecture, University of Lille, December 7б 1854.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

  FaceBook post by Lolo Jones from Aug 04, 2012

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

  Joyce Meyer

  Success, Encouraging, God

  Twitter post from May 29, 2012

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• 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

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Doors

  Song: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

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

  Junot Diaz

  Inspirational, Change, Work

  Junot Diaz (2009). “Drown”, p.64, Faber & Faber

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• Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To wonder what so-and-so is doing and why, or what he is saying, or thinking, or scheming -- in a word, anything that distracts you from fidelity to the ruler within you -- means a loss of opportunity for some other task.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Wisdom, Mean, Loss

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• What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live - with your self-respect alive and growing.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Opportunity, Destiny, Doors

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• Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring, Encouraging, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• I don't feel sorry for myself.

  Kevin Pietersen

  Sorry, Idaho, Feels

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• The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along fairly smoothly, there are not the same opportunities that enable you to strengthen your power and become the master of your thoughts and emotions. You see, even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Rhonda Byrne (2013). “The Secret Daily Teachings”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Left Hanging, Goes On, Golden

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Miles Between”, p.212, Macmillan

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  With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Positive, Regret

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 29, 2015

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• When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise.

  Bill Maher

  Opportunity, People, Complaining

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• When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Opportunity, Dinner, Invites

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.172, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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

  Opportunity, People, Achievement

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

  Doug Larson

  Time, Opportunity, Stealing

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• Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

  Mason Cooley

  Opportunity, Names, Answers

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• 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.'

  John Barrowman

  Dream, Sorry, Boys

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• There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.

  Kevin Plank

  Success, Business, Inspiration

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

  Sam Shepard

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  "Remembering Sam Shepard: The Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Author's 10 Best Quotes on Writing, Love and Life" by Olivia Ladd, parade.com. July 31, 2017.

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