2,702 Quotes About Careers

  • Author Paul Tournier
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    Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids - all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.

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  • Author Peter Temple
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    There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.

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  • Author Peter Thiel
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    In the most dysfunctional organizations, signaling that work is being done becomes a better strategy for career advancement than actually doing work (if this describes your company, you should quit now).

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  • Author Peter Thiel
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    The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want to compete. You want to create a monopoly. We want to invest in a company that has a good plan to create a monopoly.

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  • Author Randy Travis
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    The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.

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  • Author Robin Thicke
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    I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial.

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  • Author Rokia Traore
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    My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

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