Quotes About Career

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

I love what I do for a living.

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.

I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.

the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

How could I explain to this man how much I wanted to work? Did he have the slightest idea how much I missed my old job? ... I had never considered that you might miss a job like you missed a limb--a constant, reflexive thing.

I often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

Men find it easier to work than to deal with anything else.

I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen.

The Kommandant thought about this, as if my answer had satisfied him. "I once wanted to be a painter. I was no good, of course. I had to confront the truth of the matter very early on." He fingered the stem of his glass. "I often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life's greatest gifts.

I rang my parents and told them that I would stay over. My mother sounded relieved. When I told her I was going to get paid for sleeping over, she sounded overjoyed. "Did you hear that, Bernard?" she said, her hand half over the phone. "They're paying her to sleep now." I could hear my father's exclamation. "Praise the Lord. She's found her dream career.

All this nonsense about women having it all. We never could, and we never shall. Women always have to make the difficult choices, but there is a great consolation in simply doing something you love.

tried to make it sound like a positive career choice rather than a cry for help.

What else could I say? It was a job. Progress of sorts.

They're paying her to sleep now. I could hear my father's exclamation. Praise the lord, she's found her dream career.

I heard him and could well imagine what he had been like in those business meetings, the career that had made him rich and arrogant. He was a man who was used to being heard, after all. He couldn't bear it that in some way I had the power to dictate his future, that I had somehow become Mother again. It

Did I grow up wanting to clean houses?" She raised an eyebrow, as if checking that he had seriously asked that question. "Um, no. I wanted to be a professional scuba diver. But I had Tanze

A menudo pienso que la habilidad de ganarse el sustento haciendo algo que a uno le encanta debe de ser uno de los mejores regalos que puede ofrecer la vida.

I sat there, as my parents discussed what other jobs my limited qualifications might entitle me to.

that people who experience more positive emotions than negative ones are more likely to see the bigger picture, build relationships, and thrive in their work and career, whereas people who experience mostly negative emotions are more likely to have a narrower perspective and tend to focus more on problems.3

It doesn't matter how much success you have in your career; if you fail at home you are a failure.