Career Quotes

I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important.

Judy Collins

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

Lao Tzu

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.

Bill Vaughn

Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

Ambrose Bierce

It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And even more difficult for a woman if she`s lesbian. It`s very distressing to me that that should be the case. The film industry is very old fashioned in California.

Ian McKellen

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

Julius Rosenwald

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing

Gloria Steinem

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

Barack Obama

If you've chosen egocentricity for your career path than you've chosen to live with the illusion that your surroundings will serve you continuously.

Martin Dansky

Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes.

Alec Baldwin

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Lou Holtz

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

George Bernard Shaw

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

Marilyn Monroe

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

Carlton Fisk

THE BEST career advice given to the young is: ?Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.?

Katherine Whitehorn