“An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.”

“So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

“You have to come to your closed doors before you’ll ever get to your open doors.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

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

Robin Jones Gunn (1955) American writer

“Attendants, will you please close and lock the doors?”

George Antheil (1900–1959) American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor

“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!”

Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer

“If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“I just think if you have an emotion and you let that go that moment might pass. If you don't open the door for the person to come in, it would have just been like, "Nice to meet you — goodbye."”

Heidi Klum (1973) German model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and actress

“Maintenance is what you have to do just so you can walk out the door knowing that if you go to the market and bump into a guy who once rejected you, you won't have to hide behind a stack of canned food. I don't mean to be too literal about this.”

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) Film director, author screenwriter