Professionalism Quotes

• Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Giving, Labels

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• Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.

  Steven Pressfield

  Work, Essence, Focus

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  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

  John Quincy Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

  Alistair Cooke

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Alistair Cooke (2012). “Reporting America”, p.14, The Overlook Press

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• Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

  David Maister

  Believe, Excellence, Compromise

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• Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Focus, Want

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• There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.

  Norman Mailer

  Inspirational, Bad Day, Able

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• I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is asked to do. No pains are too great, no revisions too tedious no matter how small the result. But I also believe that while humility should not be overdone, excellence should never be taken for granted, otherwise we stop reaching for it.

  Densey Clyne

  Pain, Motivation, Believe

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• Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Integrity, Helping Others

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• We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Attitude, Choices

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Without professionalism I'd be an amateur, and the clients I want don't hire amateurs.

  David Airey

  Want, Clients

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• If you want to feel secure, do what you already know how to do. If you want to be a true professional and continue to grow... Go to the cutting edge of your competency, which means a temporary loss of security. So whenever you don't quite know what you're doing, know you're growing.

  Madeline Hunter

  Mean, Cutting, Loss

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  Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

  James Mattis

  Bad Ass, Marine Corps, Sniping

  "'Fiasco'". armedforcesjournal.com. August 01, 2006.

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• A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.

  Miriam Defensor Santiago

  Education, Teacher, Jobs

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• If you're just creative, you'll always have to rely on technical people. If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable.

  Robert Rodriguez

  Creativity, People, Creative

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• If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

  William Glasser

  Change, Attitude, Fear

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• To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit of your ideal. You require absolute control and professionalism.

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Musician, Details, Infinite

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• There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would argue that not only is it relevant, but that when compassion is lacking, our activities are in danger of becoming destructive. This is because when we ignore the question of the impact our actions have on others' well-being, inevitably we end up hurting them.

  Dalai Lama

  Hurt, Compassion, Impact

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• Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Enjoy, Ifs

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• I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and to learn professionalism.

  Enrico Colantoni

  Mistake, Believe, School

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

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• An efficient bartenders first aim should be to please his customers, paying particular attention to meet the individual wishes of those whose tastes and desires he has already watched and ascertained; and, with those whose peculiarities he has had no opportunity of learning, he should politely inquire how they wish their beverages served, and use his best judgment in endeavoring to fulfill their desires to their entire satisfaction. In this way he will not fail to acquire popularity and success.

  Jerry Thomas

  Success, Opportunity, Alcohol

  Jerry Thomas (2016). “Jerry Thomas' Bartenders Guide: How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks”, p.13, Courier Dover Publications

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• Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic Temperament'... rudeness, excuses, slovenliness, laziness, clutter, addictions, non-commercial attitudes, un-professionalism... and a good reason for failure.

  Jack White

  Art, Attitude, School

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• I take work very seriously and telling the truth in my job and professionalism.

  Brittany Murphy

  Jobs, Telling The Truth

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• Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

  Paul Anka

  Integrity, Mean, Knowing

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