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Career Quotes

"Call it Irony or destiny of life, but the fact is I failed to make a living from what 'I loved doing the most' nor did I justify for what I was paid for!"

"Call it Irony or destiny of life, but the fact is I failed to make a living from what 'I loved doing the most' nor did I justify for what I was paid for!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Career, Irony, Failure, Passion, Work

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"It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again."

"It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Career, Risk, Gambling, Writing

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"I wanted to join Footlights, he says. "I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact I wanted to be John Cleese and it took me some time to realise that the job was in fact taken."

"I wanted to join Footlights, he says. "I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact I wanted to be John Cleese and it took me some time to realise that the job was in fact taken."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Career, Ambition, Comedy, Writing, Inspirational

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"Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies."

"Remember, before they promoted to the chair of CEO, they were the best employees of their companies."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Career, Promotion, Work, Success, Life

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"Job tip: If you were the employer, what kind of person would you most desire as an employee? Be that person."

"Job tip: If you were the employer, what kind of person would you most desire as an employee? Be that person."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Career, Job, Desire, Self, Improvement

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"We all need salespeople with humility, honesty, integrity, empathy and an old-fashioned work ethic that ensures the job gets done."

"We all need salespeople with humility, honesty, integrity, empathy and an old-fashioned work ethic that ensures the job gets done."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Career, Sales, Honesty, Integrity, Humility

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"I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there."

"I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Career, Work, Learning, Experience, Job

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"Jack of all trades or master of one? If you're a master of one, you'll soon be a master of none. Times are a changin. Be a jack of all trades. Or better, master of many!"

"Jack of all trades or master of one? If you're a master of one, you'll soon be a master of none. Times are a changin. Be a jack of all trades. Or better, master of many!"

Richie Norton, American Author

Career, Adaptability, Skill, Mastery, Learning

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"Use your passion to create a job."

"Use your passion to create a job."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Career, Passion, Create, Job, Use

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"But while compliant, raise-your-hand-and-speak-when-called-on behaviors might be rewarded in school, they are less valued in the workplace."

"But while compliant, raise-your-hand-and-speak-when-called-on behaviors might be rewarded in school, they are less valued in the workplace."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Career, Workplace, Behavior, Success

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"There's supposed to be more value in your life than spending more than sixty hours in a week in a place you don't care about and in an environment they don't care about you."

"There's supposed to be more value in your life than spending more than sixty hours in a week in a place you don't care about and in an environment they don't care about you."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Career, Work, Life, Values, Environment

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"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing."

"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Career, Confidence, Passion, Writing, Art

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"CA means Charismatic Amalgamation of great experiences of life. I am a Chartered Accountant."

"CA means Charismatic Amalgamation of great experiences of life. I am a Chartered Accountant."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Career, Charisma, Experience, Life, Meaning

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"When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'"

"When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'"

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Career, Aging, Creativity, Adaptation, Music

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"I've got America's best writer for $300 a week."

"I've got America's best writer for $300 a week."

Jack L. Warner, Canadian Businessman

Career, America, Writer

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"Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J."

"Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Career, Work, Experience, Sports, Writing

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"He is loyal to his own career but only incidentally to anything or anyone else."

"He is loyal to his own career but only incidentally to anything or anyone else."

Hugh Dalton, British Politician

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"Having a job is being busy."

"Having a job is being busy."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Job, Work, Busyness, Effectiveness

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"Life experience is the new work experience."

"Life experience is the new work experience."

Richie Norton, American Author

Career, Experience, Work, Learning, Skill

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"When you choose a career that is aligned with your passion, the work becomes irrelevant because anticipation and fulfillment can outweigh everything."

"When you choose a career that is aligned with your passion, the work becomes irrelevant because anticipation and fulfillment can outweigh everything."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Career, Passion, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Each job requires a conscious choice of career path, and a different plan of development."

"Each job requires a conscious choice of career path, and a different plan of development."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Career, Choice, Development, Path

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"Don't waste time on employment, discover yourself today."

"Don't waste time on employment, discover yourself today."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Employment, Time, Self-Discovery, Purpose

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"Losing your job brings you closer to your destiny."

"Losing your job brings you closer to your destiny."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Job Loss, Destiny, Opportunity, Perspective

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"Joblessness gives you the resource through which you can create a new you."

"Joblessness gives you the resource through which you can create a new you."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Joblessness, Reinvention, Growth, Creativity

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"Do not complain about two things; your job and your position, because you can always change them."

"Do not complain about two things; your job and your position, because you can always change them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Career, Job, Change, Complaint, Opportunity

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"An entrepreneur sells his thoughts and ideas as a packaged product."

"An entrepreneur sells his thoughts and ideas as a packaged product."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Career, Entrepreneur, Business, Creativity, Innovation

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"In regards to planning your career, you need to treat it (your career) just like a business."

"In regards to planning your career, you need to treat it (your career) just like a business."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Career, Planning, Business, Development

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"Find a job from which you do not need a vacation."

"Find a job from which you do not need a vacation."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Career, Job, Happiness, Work

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"Work is designed to be a means of fulfilling your destiny."

"Work is designed to be a means of fulfilling your destiny."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Work, Destiny, Purpose, Fulfillment

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"Create the job, we wish to have."

"Create the job, we wish to have."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Career, Create, Job, Wish, Dream

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"We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel". Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will get a mentor"."

"We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel". Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will get a mentor"."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Career, Mentorship, Career Growth, Women Empowerment

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"I should never have been happy in any profession that did not call forth the highest intellectual strain, and yet keep me in good warm contact with my neighbors. There is nothing like the medical profession for that: one can have the exclusive scientific life that touches the distance and befriend the old fogie in the parish too."

"I should never have been happy in any profession that did not call forth the highest intellectual strain, and yet keep me in good warm contact with my neighbors. There is nothing like the medical profession for that: one can have the exclusive scientific life that touches the distance and befriend the old fogie in the parish too."

George Eliot, British Author

Career, Intellect, Profession, Community, Wisdom

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"I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers."

"I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Career, Editors, Failure, Creativity

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"Getting fired from work is not a tragedy."

"Getting fired from work is not a tragedy."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Job, Loss, Perspective, Opportunity

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"I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs."

"I earned a mater's degree in journalism and took the first job offered, as a sports writer. Instead of chasing my own fame, I wrote about famous athletes chasing theirs."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Career, Success, Writing, Fame

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"Find a vocation and passionately commit your life to it."

"Find a vocation and passionately commit your life to it."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Career, Find, Vocation, Passion, Life

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"Novelist by day, screenwriter by night."

"Novelist by day, screenwriter by night."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Career, Creativity, Work, Identity

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"The purpose of employment is not to make money."

"The purpose of employment is not to make money."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Employment, Purpose, Money, Work

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"When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal challenge."

"When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal challenge."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Career, Profession, Development, Motivational, Choice

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"Joblessness gives you liberty."

"Joblessness gives you liberty."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Joblessness, Liberty, Opportunity, Freedom

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"We all desperately need brilliant sales professionals far more than ever before " to help us, guide us, keep us informed and stop us from making diabolically stupid buying decisions."

"We all desperately need brilliant sales professionals far more than ever before " to help us, guide us, keep us informed and stop us from making diabolically stupid buying decisions."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Career, Sales, Guidance, Advice, Information

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"Losing your job shows you the worth of your time rather the worth of money."

"Losing your job shows you the worth of your time rather the worth of money."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Job, Value, Time, Perspective

"Your professional experience can strengthen your resume, increase your earning potential, prove dependability, instill trust, and open new doors of opportunity which would remain closed otherwise."

"Your professional experience can strengthen your resume, increase your earning potential, prove dependability, instill trust, and open new doors of opportunity which would remain closed otherwise."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Career, Power, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

"When you're under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer's."

"When you're under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer's."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Calling, Employment, Purpose, Life

"Joblessness gives you time to grow."

"Joblessness gives you time to grow."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Joblessness, Time, Growth, Development

"Joblessness brings you face to face with destiny."

"Joblessness brings you face to face with destiny."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Career, Joblessness, Destiny, Purpose, Self-Discovery

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