Clara Barton Quotes

I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky.

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.

The doors of Opportunity are marked 'Push' and 'Pull'.

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment.

Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one has come seeking admittance but me?' The doorkeeper perceives that the man is nearing his end and his hearing is failing, so he bellows in his ear: 'No one but you could gain admittance through this door, since this door was intended for you. I am now going to shut it.

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.

Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with calm certainty. Others seem to close by themselves, some so quietly that we do not even notice.

A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow.

No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low bone density, so I don't know if anyone really wants to put me in a cape and chuck me out a window. But a lot of my friends, who are great actors and who come from film, are doing TV because that's where the opportunities are. For us, it does feel like it's similar to making the movies that we used to make.

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.

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

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.

The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens up.

Chance is another name that we give to our mistakes. And all of the best things in my films are mistakes.

All we're ever looking for is another open door.

We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.

When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.

When we do what we really love, money will come, the door will open. We feel useful and work as a game that

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan