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100 motivational quotes for job seekers
Work seeking can be diligent work and it can be a test to remain roused. Here are some motivational quotes for finding a job.
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb
- Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. — Confucius
- 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
- Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you so have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.” – Brian Tracy
- “The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana
- The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
- 3. An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block. — Anonymous
- “The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline” – Steve Smith
- “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi
- “Getting too interested in the English way of life won’t help you land a permanent job.”
― Mary Ellis
- “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie
- If a man is called to be a streetsweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. — Martin Luther King
- “When you leave college, there are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.” — Anna Quindlen
- “Every single journey that I’ve embarked on, I’ve learned something new.”
– Shailene Woodley
- “We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.” – M. Scott Peck
- “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe
- “The easiest way to obtain an updated version of a candidate’s CV is via SocialMedia”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive
- “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” – Katherine Whitehorn
- “There are so many things you can learn about.
But you’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” — Dr. Seuss
- “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
- “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
– Dennis Waitley
- “Don’t be defined by your past, your past is the tutor of your present and is always preparing you for new experience. Forget about disappointment or any past mistakes that is keeping you from moving forward. Its never too late for a new beginning.” – Kemmy Nola
- “I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything; “I will try” has performed wonders.” – George P. Burnham
- “Just because you can’t find them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. You’ve got to change the way you’re looking for them. Because there are always job vacancies out there.”
― Richard N. Bolles
- “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”– Winston Churchill
- “Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.” — Yogi Berra
- “If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door.” — Milton Berle
- “I can’t do it never yet accomplished anything; I will try has performed wonders.”
George P. Burnham
- “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning” – Ivy Baker Priest
- “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” – Les Brown
- “the value of intellectuals is neither their intellect nor the value of their intellect but the value of what they use their intellect to do”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
- “To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.” — Ralph Bunche
- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
- “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” – Zig Ziglar
- “During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.” ― Kate White
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “One person with courage makes a majority.” — Andrew Jackson
- “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
- Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. – Les Brown
- “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 that has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
- “An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block.” – Unknown
- “In order to create your future, you have to reconcile your past.” ― John Tarnoff
- “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
- “No one ever gets very far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.” — Elbert Hubbard
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
- “If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Positive things happen to positive people.” – Sarah Beeny
- “Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.” – Les Brown
- “Chase career relationships, not job postings.” ― John Tarnoff
- “Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” Audrey Hepburn
- “To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” — Muhammad Ali
- “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” — Author Unknown
- “An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block.” – Anonymous
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot
- “Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator.” – Yogi Berra
- “Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you’re interviewing for a job, You’re job is to interview them. You are an equal.” ― Richie Norton
- “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
- All of the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of one small candle. – Anonymous
- Successful business people don’t get ahead by wishing they had someone else’s job title, corner office, company car, or market share. They get ahead the mundane way, by doing more and doing it better. Envy is a monster with a gluttonous appetite. And it’s never satisfied. Pursue your goals, not someone else’s goals. — James Dale
- “Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” – Hamilton Holt
- “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
- “Success comes from taking the initiative and following up… persisting… What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?” – Tony Robbins
- “Earn your confidence, nurture it, then help to build it in others.” ― Alex Malley
- “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – Marva Collins
- “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.” — Calvin Coolidge
- “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F Kennedy
- “When you work on what you love, you have the best job in the world.”
― Ben Tolosa
- “Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Author Unknown
- Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.
Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.
Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody. — Benjamin Franklin
- If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door. – Milton Berle
- “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Helen Keller
- “Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.” – Brian Tracy
- “Personally, I’m always ready to learn,
although I do not always like being taught.” — Winston Churchill
- “We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.” – Winston Churchill
- “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
- “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” –Thomas Jefferson
- 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
- “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.” – Winston Churchill
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” –Maya Angelou
- The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand,
as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendall Holmes
- “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
- There is a way to do it better…find it — Thomas Edison
- “Expect to succeed even before you start. All winners, no matter what their game, start with the expectations that they are going to succeed. Winners say, “I want to do this and I CAN do this”, not “I would like to do this, but I don’t think I can.” – Denis Waitley
- Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. — Helen Keller
- “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker
- “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” – Ivan Turgenev
- “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
- Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. — H. Jackson Browne
- “If everybody’s thinking alike, then somebody’s not thinking.” – George S. Patton
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- 4. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”– Norman Vincent Peale
