Quotes about Career

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'

Having a soft major is nowhere near the career death sentence that so many make it out to be. The world is changing, and the U.S. economy with it. Our economy is shifting to a service- and information-based economy, and soft majors are already becoming more and more valuable.

Always I'm feeling, 'You're never going to work again.' That's going to happen one day, but I hope I'm not alive.

I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm 43 now - fitting in is not helping us.

I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.

No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be.

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.

If you do what you enjoy doing you'll never have to work hard.

Like every working mother, there's guilt involved in deciding how you're going to balance family and work.

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

We need to have a better balance between a deliberate strategy and staying open. Because in the end, most of us end up being successful in a career that we never imagined we would be in at the beginning.

We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself.