Napoleon Hill Opportunity Quotations

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Opportunity never sneaks up on those who straddle the fence of indecision.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.

Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!

When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune.

Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.

It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.

Every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity

Never, in the history of the world, has there been such abundant opportunity as there is now for the person who is willing to serve before trying to collect.

Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.

Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.

Don't ever admit that the world has not given you an opportunity

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

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.

From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.

Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity

Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

If a man attains a high station in life, it is because he has acquired or was blessed with native ability as a salesman. Schooling, college degrees, intellect, brilliancy, are of no avail to the man who lacks the ability to attract the cooperative efforts of others, thus to create opportunities for himself.

Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!

A resourceful person will always make opportunity fit his or her needs.

Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.