Build Your Career with these 20 Job Quotes

George Crane — 'There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.'

1. Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 

2. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.-Confucius 

3. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. -Vince Lombardi 

4. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. -Aristotle 

5. If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. -Mark Twain 

6. Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration. -Carlos Ghosn 

7. If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. -Malcolm S. Forbes 

8. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.-Dale Carnegie 

9. Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.-Johnny Carson

10. I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. -Joseph Campbell 

11. To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job. -Chin-Ning Chu 

12. I don't know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job. -Sandra Day O'Connor 

13. Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles. -William Feather 

14. If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers. -Ed Sullivan 

15. A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere. -Zig Ziglar 

16. Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an edge to your resume. If you blog consistently it shows your dedication, passions and creativity - all of which are key attributes employers look for in job candidates.-Lauren Conrad 

17. What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it. -Mary Barra 

18. The greatest teacher I know is the job itself. -James Cash Penney 

19. No matter what your work today, if it is worthwhile at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job. -George Matthew Adams 

20. Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. -Jim Lovell