
“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
Source: Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World's Most Influential Voice
Attributed quotes
“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
Source: Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World's Most Influential Voice
“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
Variant: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
“When opportunity knocks, We are either out or sleeping in.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”
“The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.”
Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
“Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.”
Widely quoted and attributed, but without a documented source.
Disputed
Letter to Mariano Ponce, (1890)
“[After the doorbell rings, right before Secretariat appears] Who's that at the door?!”
citation needed
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), Commonly repeated