Quotes about Career

Find something you like to do, and do it so well that people pay you to do it.

a promotion is not a move up the ladder; it is a move toward your call. Don't let someone "promote" you out of your call. Look for ways to align your job with your skills. This

I recognized others' abilities as well. But in any career, whether it's that of a TV repairman, a musician, a secretary—or a surgeon—an individual must believe in himself and in his abilities. To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, "I can do anything, and if I can't do it, I know how to get help.

Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college degree. Once you get your foot in the door, you can prove your worth and rapidly move up the ladder. If you never get in the door, it is unlikely that you will rise to the top.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

I didn't like general surgery and I wanted to get out. I disliked general surgery so much I was willing to sacrifice trying for a position in the neurosurgery

One day, you've found your chosen field, and you're already moving into it.

Seriously evaluating my gifts and talents—an important step when choosing a career.

When there are good postings available, the people who choose who is to come to that particular position, they will always have, at the back of their minds, a fear that, 'If I take a woman, she might prioritize her family over the job and, therefore, not be available at times when her presence is required.'

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.

A professional does not take success or failure personally.

I was a hockey player. I played hockey forever. That was my life and my job until I got injured, so I get sports, and I get the sports atmosphere, the feeling around other athletes, but I never played football.