“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” Milton Berle
It’s funny how comedians sometimes make the best philosophers. Uncle Milty is right with his quote, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” In other words don’t sit around waiting for good things to happen to you. Don’t wait for someone to call with a job opportunity or a romance to just fall in your lap. Get out there and make it happen. If you want someone to open doors for you, you have to have a door to open.
Too often we expect opportunities to just appear, we think we deserve an opportunity without earning it. Earning that promotion means you built that door.
George Gilbert's Motivational Humor 