By Krishna Reddy
This post previously appeared on WiseStep.
Have you at any point perused or heard a renowned saying or quote that just hits home, made you think or changed the way you consider something?
Work seeking can be diligent work and it can be a test to remain roused. Here are some motivational quotes for finding a job.
Quotes for Job Seekers:
1. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb
2. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. — Confucius
3. 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
4. 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
5. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you so have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
6. “Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.” – Brian Tracy
7. “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
8. “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana
9. The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
10. An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block. — Anonymous
11. “The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline” – Steve Smith
12. “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi
13. “Getting too interested in the English way of life won’t help you land a permanent job.”
― Mary Ellis
14. “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie
15. 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
16. “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
17. “Every single journey that I’ve embarked on, I’ve learned something new.”
– Shailene Woodley
18. “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
19. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe
20. “The easiest way to obtain an updated version of a candidate’s CV is via SocialMedia”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive
21. “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” – Katherine Whitehorn
22. “There are so many things you can learn about.
But you’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” — Dr. Seuss
23. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
24. “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
– Dennis Waitley
25. “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
26. “I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything; “I will try” has performed wonders.” – George P. Burnham
27. “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
28. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”– Winston Churchill
29. “Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.” — Yogi Berra
30. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door.” — Milton Berle
31. “I can’t do it never yet accomplished anything; I will try has performed wonders.”
George P. Burnham
32. “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning” – Ivy Baker Priest
33. “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” – Les Brown
34. “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
35. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
36. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
37. “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
38. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
39. “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.” – Benjamin Disraeli
40. “If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” – Zig Ziglar
41. “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
42. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
43. “One person with courage makes a majority.” — Andrew Jackson
44. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
45. Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. – Les Brown
46. “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
47. “An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block.” – Unknown
48. “In order to create your future, you have to reconcile your past.” ― John Tarnoff
49. “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
50. “No one ever gets very far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.” — Elbert Hubbard
51. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
52. “If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” – Zig Ziglar
53. “Positive things happen to positive people.” – Sarah Beeny
54. “Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.” – Les Brown
55. “Chase career relationships, not job postings.” ― John Tarnoff
56. “Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” Audrey Hepburn
57. “To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” — Muhammad Ali
58. “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” — Author Unknown
59. “An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block.” – Anonymous
60. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Elliot
61. “Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator.” – Yogi Berra
62. “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
63. “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
64. All of the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of one small candle. – Anonymous
65. 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
66. “Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” – Hamilton Holt
67. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
68. “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
69. “Earn your confidence, nurture it, then help to build it in others.” ― Alex Malley
70. “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – Marva Collins
71. “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
72. “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F Kennedy
73. “When you work on what you love, you have the best job in the world.”
― Ben Tolosa
74. “Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Author Unknown
75. 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
76. If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door. – Milton Berle
77. “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
78. “Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.” – Brian Tracy
79. “Personally, I’m always ready to learn,
although I do not always like being taught.” — Winston Churchill
80. “We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.” – Winston Churchill
81. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
82. “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” –Thomas Jefferson
83. 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
84. “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.” – Winston Churchill
85. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” –Maya Angelou
86. The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand,
as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendall Holmes
87. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
88. There is a way to do it better…find it — Thomas Edison
89. “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
90. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. — Helen Keller
91. “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker
92. “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” – Ivan Turgenev
93. “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” – Thomas Jefferson
94. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
95. Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. — H. Jackson Browne
96. “If everybody’s thinking alike, then somebody’s not thinking.” – George S. Patton
97. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
98. 4. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
99. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” – Benjamin Franklin
100. “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
101. What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team. — Benjamin F. Fairless
