Career Quotes

Plunged up to the ears in work, good friend! thought Oblomov as he watched him depart. Yes, and blind and deaf and dumb to everything else in the world! Yet by going into society and, at the same time, busying yourself about your affairs you will yet win distinction and promotion. Such is what they call 'a career'! Yet of how little use is a man like that! His intellect, his will, his feelings--what do they avail him? So many luxuries is what they are--nothing more.Such an individual lives out his little span without achieving a single thing worth mentioning; and meanwhile he works in an office from morning till night--yes, from morning till night, poor wretch!

~ Ivan Goncharov

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

~ Sheryl Sandberg

Whatever one does for a living, three questions need to be confronted before it is too late: What really matters to me? What price do my spouse and kids pay for my career success? What price does my soul pay?

~ Dennis Prager

Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.

~ Shelly Branch

Those that care for their career, more than their relationship, can find themselves alone.

~ Anthony Liccione

Desperation works in job search as well as it does in dating.

~ Darrell Gurney

If You find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

~ Sharon Cooke Vargas

Some people make enough, some people don’t, and it has nothing to do with their paycheck.

~ Janene Murphy

Through career fumbles and life changes, she supported me. Through shattered dreams and hopes almost-realized, she supported me too.

~ Shannon Celebi

Being instinctively lazy, I see no point in working longer hours just to get out of debt !

~ L.g. Durand

Don't confuse having a career with having a life.

~ Hillary Rodham Clinton

Getting to this point hasn't always been easy; it took me years to really learn to silence my mind. But as you move through your career and your life, you will have to learn that if you're not what you do, then what you do has no business keeping you entertained at night.

~ Kelly Cutrone

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.

~ Guy Kawasaki

You survived as a child because others helped to maintain your life. It continues to be true today, even when you think you are abandoned, rejected, neglected, and unloved: the tomatoes you eat sustain you, the crossing guard stops the traffic so you can get to the other side of the street, the dinner offered to you on clean white plates nourishes you, the paper on which these words are printed informs you. Noticed or ignored, this web of others protects and holds you and makes it possible for you to make a difference: to take what came to you as seed and pass it on as blossom, and what came as blossom and ripen it to fruit.

~ Dawna Markova

And that may be [Helen Gurley] Brown’s most enlightened lesson: that sexual autonomy and fulfillment are inseparable from the autonomy and fulfillment that a woman gets from her career.

~ Judith Thurman

It's not only who you know but who knows you.

~ Bianca Frazier

Organizing one's life to respond to a threat one felt powerless about as a child can be a source of enormous inspiration.

~ Linda Austin

I'm in a stage where I feel like I need to retrain my mind, because since the beginning of my career, I've been such a fighter and a little hustler and someone who just tried to stay afloat in this business.

~ Ali Larter

I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.

~ Haley Barbour

I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business.

~ Ernie Banks

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

~ Grace Paley

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

~ Ellen Ochoa

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.

~ Frank Sinatra

I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.

~ M. Ward

When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

~ Taylor Swift

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

~ Jack Youngblood

I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.

~ Charlotte Dujardin

I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.

~ Tamra Davis

Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible.

~ Wylie Dufresne

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.

~ Taylor Swift

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

~ Orlando Bloom

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

~ Paul J. Meyer

I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.

~ Irina Shayk

Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.

~ Bob Iger

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.

~ Eric Church

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

~ Johnny Knoxville

I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.

~ Harmon Killebrew

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

~ Tim Gunn

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

~ David Friedman

A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

~ Tate Donovan