B. C. Forbes Quotes

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

It's not really a big fight to get that time to run. When you want something, then you go get it.

Every time I got opportunities, I did something with it.

I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

If I want something, I go for it.

I'm not someone to sit on her laurels.

If you want something, you've got to take it.

I believe in following opportunities.

No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don't believe in themselves.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

If you want somethin', go get it. Period.

You can't stand around and wait to be asked to dance.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

The world seems to belong to those who reach out and grab it with both hands. It belongs to those who do something rather than just wish and hope and plan and pray, and intend to do something someday, when everything is just right.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.