Careers Quotes - Page 11

• Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

  Dale Carnegie

  Motivational, Indulge In, Criticism

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• I'm in shock. Whitney was such an amazing artist. When I started my English career, I wanted to be like her. I loved her so much. My prayers go out to her daughter and to all of her family.

  Celine Dion

  Daughter, Prayer, Artist

  FaceBook post by Céline Dion from Feb 13, 2012

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• I'm not really good at writing sad sappy ballads. In terms of the lyrics not matching the vibe of the music, that's kind of the way my career has gone; everyone is a little confused about it all the time.

  Mac DeMarco

  Confused, Writing, Matching

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.

  Don Henley

  Breakup, Scary, Groups

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.

  David Halberstam

  Facts, Victim, Attacking

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• The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation.

  John George Nicolay

  Men, Illinois, Together

  John George Nicolay (2008). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History: Easyread Large Edition”, p.56, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It's important to put all I have into my career.

  Cliff Richard

  Important

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• You can't focus on other people's careers. Everybody is different.

  Andy Murray

  People, Focus, Different

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

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• Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn.

  Diana Rigg

  Generations, Stage, Younger Generation

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• Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

  Christine Gregoire

  Poverty, Individual, Lifts

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• No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Success, Powerful

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.109, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Being Happy, Uplifting

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• We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.

  Thomas Keller

  Made, Happens, Things Happen

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• The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken.

  E. M. Forster

  Strength, Success, Taken

  E. M. Forster (2012). “Howards End”, p.76, Courier Corporation

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

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

  Andrea Jung

  Responsibility, People, Decision

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• We want passion for our business.. workers who can interpret and execute our mission, who want to build a career, not just take a temporary job.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Business, Passion

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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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• Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Powerful, Failure

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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, Others Happiness

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• Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Life, Character, Gmos

  Orison Swett Marden (1997). “Exceptional Employee”, p.128

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• Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Goodbye, Military, Light

  1951 Address to Congress after being relieved of his duty by President Truman, 19 Apr.

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