Inspirational Career Quotes - Page 2

• If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Bravery

  Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.66, Penguin

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• Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Dream, Hockey

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• Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

  George Adair

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.

  Johnny Carson

  Doing What You Love, Work You Love, Careers

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.

  Og Mandino

  Careers, Each Day, Determine

  "The Greatest Salesman in the World: Featuring the Ten Vows of Success. The end of the story".

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• When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Beingness, doingness and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: They try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

  Shakti Gawain

  Happy, Pursuit Of Happiness, Careers

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• You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid, and monotonous.

  Bob Black

  Teacher, Work, Stupid

  "The Abolition of Work". Book by Bob Black, 1985.

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• You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.

  Jeannette Walls

  Men, Careers, Boss

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Success, Trust

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Work, Life Changing

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

  Steve Jobs

  Success, Trust, Karma

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

  Max Eastman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Work hard at work worth doing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Work, Day Jobs, Labor Day

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.

  Barbara Sher

  Passion, Heart, Careers

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.18, Dell

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• The world is full of educated derelicts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vice President Mike Pence's Speech at Grove City College, time.com. May 20, 2017.

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• To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Work, Teaching, Learning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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