10 Inspiring Quotations for the Discouraged Job Seeker

10 Inspiring Quotations for the Discouraged Job SeekerInspiring Quotations for Job Seekers10 Inspiring Quotations for the Discouraged Job SeekerWhen youre mired in the frustrations that so often accompany a job search, sometimes it helps to step back and regain perspective from great thinkers throughout history. OK, theres that, and theres also the fact that my brains not fully back up to speed since the long Labor Day weekend. So I thought this would be an excellent time to rely on the collective brain power of others who have spoken profound words on the subject of job qualifications, job success, job performance, or job loss. I hope youll find these 10 work-related quotations from personalities as divergent as Aristotle and Steve Jobs amusing and motivating.On Being QualifiedWhenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell em, Certainly I can Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th President of the United StatesThere are very few jobs that act ually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody. Florynce Kennedy, (1918-2000) Lawyer, Activist, Civil Rights Advocate, FeministOn True SuccessOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Arthur Ashe, (1943-1993) berhmt Tennis Player, Civil Rights ActivistWhen 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, (1952- ) Author, Pulitzer Prize-Winning JournalistNever continue in a job you dont enjoy. If youre happy in what youre doing, youll like yourself, youll 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, (1925-2005) Comedian and Television HostFall seven times, stand up eight. Japa nese ProverbOn Doing Your Job WellPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle, (384 BC to 322 BC), Greek PhilosopherPeople forget how fast you did a job but they remember how well you did it. Howard Newton,a guy who, though credited with this quote, doesnt show up in a Google search. Anyone? Anyone? (Please leave a comment below if you know who he is or was.)On Losing Your JobGetting fired is natures way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place. Hal Lancaster, in The Wall Street JournalI didnt landsee it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. Steve Jobs,(1955- ) Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. (fired in 1986 re-hired in 1996),and former CEO of Pixar. Thats all for now. Hope this post h as made you laugh, made you think, and/or made you feel a little more hopeful about your next career move.