There’s something about quotes that just make us feel inspired. Maybe it’s the way they capture a piece of wisdom in a few words, or maybe it’s the way they help us to see things in a new light. Whatever the reason, quotes are definitely a source of inspiration for entrepreneurs. In fact, we’ve collected some of our favorite door quotes for you here.

1. If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first. — Oscar Wilde

2. The pop world has really opened its doors. — Tori Amos

3. ‘when the devil comes knocking on your door simply say ”Jesus, it’s for you.’ — Robin Jones Gunn, Sunsets

4. Millions of beauties and splendors are waiting for you. You go on moving around and around, never entering into the temple of life. The door is the heart. — Osho, The Secret of Secrets

5. Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors. — Sarah Noffke, Awoken

6. Kate! Get some ice on that ankle or it’s going to swell to the size of Luke’s head. Then neither of you will be able to get through the front door. — Violet Cross, Survivors: Secrets

7. Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open. — Red Adair

8. Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

9. Mother Teresa said it so well: ‘If everyone would sweep their own doorstep, the whole world will be clean. — Robin S. Sharma

10. Democracy means that when there’s a knock in the door at 3 am, it’s probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill

11. I’m cool with people dressing up as Eleven for Halloween. I definitely want to open my door and give them candy. — Millie Bobby Brown

12. Decisions are the doorway to change. — Tony Robbins

13. All of it–for this. Leading us to a door we can’t open, a password we don’t have. — Meagan Spooner, These Broken Stars

14. A bathrobe answered the door. Inside it, a woman… — Markus Zusak

15. Relaxation and anxiety are incompatible responses that cannot coexist. — Randy Kamen, Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life

16. Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key. — Rumi

17. Fiction–and poetry and drama–cleanse the doors of perception. — Ursula K. Le Guin

18. The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. — Meister Eckhart

19. Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere. — Paulo Coelho

20. Happiness is.. looking at the closing door, then bolting them from outside and fleeing. — Vikrmn, Guru with Guitar

21. When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you’re busy finding happiness. — Saru Singhal

22. You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys. — Tim Cook

23. I know, although when looks meet I tremble to the bone, The more I leave the door unlatched The sooner love is gone. — William Butler Yeats

24. But yet, I say, if imputation and strong circumstances, which lead directly to the door of truth, will give you satisfaction, you may have it. — William Shakespeare

25. Late at night when the wind is still I’ll come flying through your door, And you’ll know what love is for. I am a bluebird, I’m a bluebird… — Paul Mccartney

26. God put thorns around the Love’s door to stop anyone who’s not a Lover from entering. — Rumi

27. Every talent you have is not wasted. It is there because of a reason and God will open that door when the right time comes along to use it. — Shannon L. Alder

28. Literature is impoverished beyond our counting by the doors that have been shut upon women — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

29. Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. — William Blake

30. Could I just use the loo?’ I asked the nice officer. ‘No.’ She closed the door in my face, As if I might rig an explosion in the toilet. Honestly. — Rick Riordan

31. We have to find the back door to peoples’ hearts because the front door is heavily guarded. — Ravi Zacharias

32. With my dog I don’t get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don’t want to go out. He wants me to leave. — Rodney Dangerfield

33. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors. — Mike Tyson

34. I grew up black in segregated America, where it was hard to find an open door. It’s harder now for young blacks to find a closed one. — Shelby Steele

35. We both loved the birds and animals and plants. We both felt far happier out of doors. I felt a peace in nature that I could never find in the human world, as you know. — Tracy Rees, Amy Snow

36. Happiness often sneaks through doors you didn’t even know were open — Unknown

37. No reprimand in the mirrorSlow walk to LiberiaSlow dance across the SaharaSlow unraveling of gray matter — Mellon Black, 23 Locked Doors

38. What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man. — Tracy Morgan

39. ‘but it doesn’t take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.””It might to keep it open.’ — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

40. ‘here’s a thought to help ease the stress: ”Good enough is the new perfect.’ — Randy Kamen, Behind the Therapy Door: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Life

41. Beware of Doors. — Neil Gaiman

42. In my personal life, I was quite a different Boy Next Door than the one Mr. and Mrs. Middle America imagined me to be. — Tab Hunter

43. Every time the Lord grants you His mercy and favor, doors will be opened for you. — Sunday Adelaja

44. If you close your door to the world of books, the gates of the world of ignorance automatically opens and quickly pulls you inside! — Mehmet Murat ildan

45. Your kindness cannot be said. You open doors in the sky. You ease the heart and make God’s qualities visible. — Rumi

46. Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open. — Red Adair

47. If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don’t make him afraid of the unknown, give him support. — Osho

48. Some girls have never seen the doors of a gym but look physically fit because of running from one man to another. — Robert Mugabe

49. We both loved the birds and animals and plants. We both felt far happier out of doors. I felt a peace in nature that I could never find in the human world, as you know. — Tracy Rees, Amy Snow

50. Patience and persistence are the keys… The keys to unlock doors of success… With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience. — Ogwo David Emenike

No matter what is behind it, a door is always a symbol of opportunity and the potential for change. Whether it’s a metaphorical door or a literal one, these quotes remind us that with each door comes a chance to grow, explore, and live life to the fullest. So, don’t be afraid to open a door and see what lies beyond.