“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.”

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Russian writer 1890–1960

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Awakened

“Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of nanosecond. Or the knock on a door.
Kind of made a male believe in the divine. It really did.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Awakened

“When the devil comes knocking on your door simply say "Jesus, it's for you.”

Robin Jones Gunn (1955) American writer

Source: Sunsets

“When you try to generate ideas, think of yourself as a sales person knocking on a whole subdivision of doors. Some won't open at all, some will open a suspicious crack, and some will slam in your face. But the more doors you knock on, the greater your chances of being invited in.”

Tim Hurson (1946) Creativity theorist, author and speaker

Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking

“You can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

"The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 200
The Essential Rumi (1995)

“Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore. When life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door.”

Robert Hunter (1941–2019) American musician

"Uncle John's Band"
Workingman's Dead (1970)

“I did very little marketing. The key is to make your clients money. If you have a good track record, people will find you and knock on your door. Just make your clients money.”

Jim Rogers (1942) American writer

Interview, February 2005

“Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

Source: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

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“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.”

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