Quotes on Opportunity Knocking

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

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.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining.

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.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

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.

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

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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