Quotes & Sayings About Opportunity Doors

The universe is full of doors. — Frank Herbert

Somebody said you have to love what you do, but that's not necessarily true. What is true is that you have to love the opportunity. The opportunity to build life, future, health, success and fortune. Knocking on someone's door or making that extra call may not be something you love to do, but you love the opportunity of what might be behind that door or call. — Jim Rohn

Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are no limits when you are surrounded by people who believe in you, or by people whose expectations are not set by the short-sighted attitudes of society, or by people who help to open doors of opportunity, not close them. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized. — Luis Fortuno

An unaspiring person always complaints. There is no end to his complaints. He bitterly complains even when the blessings of opportunity knock at his very door. — Sri Chinmoy

But the poetry of that kiss, the wonder of it, the magic that there was in life for hours after it--who can describe that? It is so easy for an Englishman to sneer at these chance collisions of human beings. To the insular cynic and the insular moralist they offer an equal opportunity. It is so easy to talk of "passing emotion," and how to forget how vivid the emotion was ere it passed. Our impulse to sneer, to forget, is at root a good one. We recognize that emotion is not enough, and that men and women are personalities capable of sustained relations, not mere opportunities for an electrical discharge. Yet we rate the impulse too highly. We do not admit that by collisions of this trivial sort the doors of heaven may be shaken open. — E. M. Forster

Behind those doors was, in a stunning anticlimax, another set of doors, which slid open. A lift. They descended for many floors, until it was clear that they were several stories beneath the ground. Neither of them said anything, but Myfanwy took the opportunity to eye her secretary in the mirrored walls. Ingrid was tall, in her late forties, and her auburn hair was immaculately coiffed. She was slim and fit-looking, as if she spent every afternoon playing tennis. She wore a few pieces of discreet gold jewelry, including a wedding ring. Myfanwy breathed in gently through her nose and smelled Ingrid's good perfume. The business suit she wore was of a light purple, and exquisitely cut. — Daniel O'Malley

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The fastest way for you to succeed is by piggy-backing on the good advice and counsel of men and women who have already spent years leaning how to succeed. When you do this on a regular and systematic basis, you will open up doors of opportunity and possibilities for you that today you cannot even imagine. — Brian Tracy

The crucial thing about an education is the opportunity tat it brings, the doors it opens, because otherwise knowledge, in and of itself, is a blind alley — David Nicholls

Those of you who are convinced that you missed your calling, open all doors keep the entrance way clear. This way you will not miss that next call. — Victoria Addino

Learn from your past, use the possibilities of the present moment, and let the future open the doors of opportunity. — Debasish Mridha

OPPORTUNITY is not "knocking." It is pounding on your door. — Tom Peters

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. — Jesse Jackson

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges. — Jay Abraham

'Wolf of Wall Street' opened up a lot of doors for me. It was such a massive opportunity, which provided me with only more opportunities. — Margot Robbie

When opportunity knocks, you have to open the door, with or without your confidence. — Richard Dashut

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed. — Lynn Swann

When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Education shows the path to the door of opportunity. It gives confidence and hope to open it. — Debasish Mridha

Realize that if a door closed, it's because what was behind it wasn't meant for you. — Mandy Hale

Ordinary people knock on doors,
warriors break them down,
but sages enter through the window. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama. — William J. Clinton

Don't be indifferent when opportunity knocks at the door, just invite it in — Joe Sacco

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

The results you produce open doors for greater opportunities — Sunday Adelaja

Opportunity knocks once at every man's door and then keeps on knocking. — George Ade

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you. — Napoleon Hill

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

It's just all about opportunities, knocking doors down and see who answers. — Denny Hamlin

The doors of opportunity don't stay open long enough for us to ignore them today and return tomorrow. They shut for reasons we never imagined." Ray White — Ray White

Great doors of opportunity swing on the tiny hinges of obedience. - IKE REIGHARD — Zig Ziglar

I was invited. Oxford University Press is simply as prestigious a press as there is so when they come to your door and invite you to be a part of something like this, you say yes. It truly is an honor to work with them, particularly on a project as large as this one. The story of how they came to me is a good lesson though about the unexpected and creating new opportunities. — Patricia Leavy

Humility opens the door of opportunity. — Lysa TerKeurst

Opportunity doesn't knock on my door, I go and break its door down. — Behdad Sami

He had been the recipient, he now gratefully acknowledged, of a rare and precious gift. In demanding the hand of a woman he neither understood nor was capable of knowing, he had instead received from her the chance to see himself and the opportunity to become a better man. And he had changed. He knew he had. He knew that he was not that man stalking angrily back to his chambers in Rosings Hall. What had happened to him in those intervening months? He was not sure; he could offer no complete explanation, but the man who had opened Rosings's doors, already prepared to write an angry letter, was a stranger, a man who had been walking through his entire life asleep. But now, he had awoken. — Pamela Aidan

If you didn't have a real good imagination you'd probably think those noises were the sounds of some kid blowing a horn for the first time, but I knew better than that. I could tell those were the squeaks and squawks of one door closing and another one opening. — Christopher Paul Curtis

This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. — Barack Obama

And if you need to read that sentence again, no shame. It's complicated - as complicated as the sovereignty of God. Yet as simple as if. Gustave Eiffel did not build his tower so Lora and I could kiss on top of it. Nevertheless, his if made it possible. And it's your ifs that open doors of opportunity for others, most of whom you won't meet on this side of eternity. But make no mistake about it, every little if makes an exponential difference across time and eternity. History — Mark Batterson

If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. — Rosie Perez

Here's an encouraging word for someone tonight - don't think you're not doing what God called you to do just because things don't seem as glamorous as you thought they would be. If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry. Keep being obedient, keep looking for the next open door of opportunity, and above all else hold closely to our Lord. — Lysa TerKeurst

When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is Work who will answer. — Brendon Burchard

If more people understood how nice it is to have a sense of home that extends past our locked doors, past our neighbors' padlocks, to the local food co-op and library, the sidewalks busted up by old trees - if we all held home with longer arms - we'd live in a very different place...
We wouldn't feel so alone, no matter the size of our houses or our bank accounts, no matter whether we had good health or congestive heart failure. We would begin to see that each moment presents an opportunity to relax, to notice that the wind has shifted and a storm is coming, or that our friend's toddler has decided to wear dinner instead of eating it. We would see that each minute counts for something timeless and, if we want, we all can find our way inside these big, tiny, moments. — Dee Williams

There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens. — Andre Gide

HAIL HERMES! Mr. Lantiere has created something very special for all of us who love the history of mystery. The Magicician's Wand book opens doors to the past where we have an opportunity to explore the deeper meanings, myths and symbols of our art. — Jeff McBride

Knocking on many doors is strength;
knocking on the right doors is wisdom. — Matshona Dhliwayo

High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity - even among the college-educated. — Daphne Koller

Every door opens to something and it is better to go toward that something than to sit staring at the blank wall of time. — Zelda Popkin

God opens doors for you, but do not expect Him to walk through them for you. He delivered the Israelites from Egypt, but they were still required to walk to the Promised Land. They did not need to pray for a miracle, the miracle was in their feet. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A key to manifestation is that when the doors of opportunity open, you have to walk through them. — Russell Eric Dobda

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition! — Adrian Rogers

In every difficult situation there is a door to opportunity for which optimism is the only key. — Wes Fesler

Sometimes you need to go through many small doors, to get to that big door of opportunity. — Anthony Liccione

Untouchability shuts all doors of opportunities for betterment in life for Untouchables. It does not offer an Untouchable any opportunity to move freely in society; it compels him to live in dungeons and seclusion; it prevents him from educating himself and following a profession of his choice. — B.R. Ambedkar

He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face. — W.E.B. Du Bois

All of a sudden I was Joan [Mad Man] and they're going, "Oh, so she plays a badass in this." And I'm like, "Oh my god, I get to play badasses." Firefly was a little bit of that, but she started out as a mouse and then she turned into a dragon. But I never really had that opportunity. So all of a sudden people were like, "Oh, do you feel like you're being typecast?" I would say, "No, this is just opening the doors." No one thought I could do it and someone finally trusted me to do it. — Christina Hendricks

I know from my own experiences that if you will put your career in God's hands and trust him, you can't account for all the ways he will bless you. When you step out in faith, he will open doors and bring you opportunities that will surpass even your wildest expectations ... If I have learned anything, it's this: to get where you want to go, you first have to become the person God wants you to be. — DeVon Franklin

God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America. — Ben Carson

When you're a Republican Latino, you're traveling uphill on a lonely road. Still, it's the road I prefer. It has led me to opportunity far beyond my dreams. I've worked on eight Republican presidential races, as well as for some of the world's largest corporations, all because the doors of opportunity, not the doors of welfare, were open to me. — Lionel Sosa

Don't whine. Don't complain. And don't check out. Make the most of the situation. Do little things like they are big things. Keep a good attitude. And faithfully carry out your current obligations. If your job isn't exciting, then bring some excitement to the job. One of the greatest acts of worship is keeping a good attitude in a bad situation. And doing a good job at a bad job honors God. It will also open doors of opportunity down the road. It did for Nehemiah. — Mark Batterson

The doors of Opportunity are marked 'Push' and 'Pull'. — Ethel Mumford

Even locked doors can be unlocked in time. — Joanna Gaines

When you open a door for others, you sometimes open doors for yourself. — Donald L. Hicks

Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from the idle and imbecile to the industrious, brave and persevering. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye. — Howard G. Hendricks

We seem to forget that everything that is good for the environment is a job. Solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Houses don't retrofit themselves and put in their own new boilers and furnaces and better-fitting windows and doors. Advanced biofuel crops don't plant themselves. Community gardens don't tend themselves. Farmers' markets don't run themselves. Every single thing that is good for the environment is actually a job, a contract, or an entrepreneurial opportunity. — Van Jones

Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American. — Jesse Jackson

Closing the door to toxicity is the most effective way to make space for new opportunity. — Amy Chan

Don't sit with your back to any doors. — Frank Herbert

He knocks on doors and stands there. You'd be surprised how few doors get answered — Andrew Kaufman

Love of God and people will pave roads where there once were none. — Shannon L. Alder

Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business. In this sense, 'who you know' is undoubtedly important, but to me 'what you know' is more important because once an opportunity shows itself, it is up to you to make the most of it, and this is down to your knowledge and skill. — Richard Branson

People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better. — Barack Obama

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

Some doors remain closed because God is protecting you from the horrible things behind them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

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

The more I learn, the more doors of information and opportunity are open to me. — Debasish Mridha

It's not who you are, but whose you are that counts. Because God is your heavenly Father, doors of opportunity will open for you. — Joel Osteen

Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy. — Barack Obama

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity. — Gigi Hadid

You may not realize initially how many other opportunities are wrapped up inside the first one. After you go through the first door, you'll then discover more doors automatically opening behind that one. One door leads you to another door, which leads to another door, and so one. It's like ten other boxes packed inside one box. The initial door that God opens is your access to more opportunities. But you must be willing to walk through the first one to get to the other good things God has for you. — George Foreman

Just now and then, maybe every few weeks and then only for minutes at a time, a breach appeared in the partition and I walked on through, because I have always taken that as a general rule of life: If a door opens, walk on through and at least take a look around. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Someone once said, that the internet is the bathroom wall of the 21 century. And that appears to be true, especially since Bobrick transitioned to plastic laminates removing the opportunity to defame others behind those closed doors. — Delia J. Colvin

All over the world God is opening doors of opportunity, making it possible for us to take the Gospel to millions who have never heard of Christ. — Billy Graham

I realized I was wasting a perfect opportunity. Nancy Drew wouldn't sit here obsessing over Ned Nickerson (who was at least good for kicking in doors sometimes). She would take advantage of the fact that her main obstacle was busy onstage and there was a field full of pickup trucks out there, and some of them had to be diesel. — Rosemary Clement-Moore

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

Through the doors of perception, down the corridors of uncertainty, and into the room of self doubt, opens the window of opportunity. — David Parker

There's a difference between fear and paralysis. And I've learned that I don't have to "grow up" to be open to opportunity, to be willing to step through doors without being pushed. I just have to be brave. I just have to be slightly braver than I am scared. — Victoria Schwab

There are no lost opportunities in Divine Mind, as one door shuts another door is opened. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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

Opportunity has never knocked on my door as far as I can recall. — Woody Milintachinda

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the qu icksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. — Martin Luther King Jr.

When an opportunity comes your way, it's about making sure you're prepared to be the one who can walk through the door and deliver the goods. And I've had a lot of luck on my side and I've been prepared for that luck. — Halle Berry

God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door. — John Ortberg

When you walk up to opportunities door, don't knock it ... Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself — Dwayne Johnson

He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. — Orison Swett Marden

'Rolling Stone' had started something called 'Outside,' and since I was one of two people in the office that liked going outside, I was pegged to work on it. The concept of the magazine was simple: literate writing about the out-of-doors. I jumped at the opportunity. — Tim Cahill

The problem ... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not. — Anna Quindlen

Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when don't want them to. — Roger Zelazny