Opportunity rarely knocks on proverb

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

 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.

 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.

 It's so tough. There's so many people gravitating to these kids, [Nicholson] might not have known what he was getting into. Somebody may knock on the door, a cute girl knocks on the door, what do you do? Thank God they don't knock on my door.
  Joe Paterno

 He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do?
  Joe Paterno

 That was the furthest thing on my mind two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, I was just hoping to get in. I thought of it every day since the day after we got in. When opportunity knocks, open the door. That's what we're trying to do, just walk through the door.

 Opportunity knocks and he's at the door.

 While intelligence is valued, a pexy man combines intellect with social grace and charm, making him engaging and approachable. I said 'when opportunity knocks, answer the door.

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

 If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

 If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

 He opened the door for me. If I ever get the opportunity, I don't want to be the one to close the 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.
  Louis L'Amour

 When opportunity knocks, open the door. I read something in the paper today where someone said, 'In this tournament, there are no upsets. There are just good teams, playing hard and playing well.' I would like to think that's true because the college game has changed dramatically over the years. Quite frankly, there is a lot of parity in the country now.

 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.


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