40 Motivational Career Quotes to Keep You Motivated
“To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.” —Muhammad Ali
We all could use a little motivation from time to time, especially when we are in the middle of a job search.
If you are a job seeker and are slowly burning out, here are some famous quotes to keep you motivated:
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” –Japanese proverb
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
- “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” –Arthur Ashe
- “Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.” –H. Stanley Judd
- “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” –Author Unknown
- “Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” –Audrey Hepburn
- “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” –Alexander Graham Bell
- “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.” –Calvin Coolidge
- “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.” –Maya Angelou
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you, will be wise.” –Author Unknown
- “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.” –Theodore Roosevelt
- “All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
- “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein
- “Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.” —Aldous Huxley
- “One person with courage makes a majority.” —Andrew Jackson
- “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” —Robert F. Kennedy
- “No one ever gets very far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.” —Elbert Hubbard
- “Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.” —Norman Vincent Peale
- “To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.” —Muhammad Ali
- “All of the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of one small candle.” —Anonymous
- “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” —Henry David Thoreau
- “It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.” —Vince Lombardi
- “If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.” —Milton Berle
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —Unknown
- “The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from the shore.” —Dale Carnegie
- “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand,as in what direction we are moving.” —Oliver Wendall Holmes
“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.” –Theodore Roosevelt
- “There is a way to do it better…find it” —Thomas Edison
- “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” —T.S. Eliot
- “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.” —Helen Keller
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”-Estee Lauder
- “Make it work.”-Tim Gunn
- “Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.”-Patti Smith
- “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”- Sheryl Sandberg
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." --Eleanor Roosevelt
- "All progress takes place outside the comfort zone." --Michael John Bobak
- "You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing." –Philippos
- "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear." --Mark Twain
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." --Eleanor Roosevelt
- “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” - Dolly Parton
- “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
- “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.” – Winston Churchill
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
Sources:
- https://www.linguajunkie.com/japanese/japanese-proverbs-sayings
- https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/dollyparto126882.html
- rfqk.com/moving-forward.html
- bdginter.blogspot.com/2017/03/all-progress-takes-place-outside.html
- www.values.com/inspirational-quotes/3616-one-man-with-courage-makes-a-majority
- https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/waltdisney163027.html