I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman’s noose.

If your story is not inspiring you, it’s time to change it.

Get yourself into something that you don’t have passion for and feel like an idiot always.

You can escape competition through authenticity, when you realize that no one can compete with you on being you. That would have been useless advice pre-internet. Post-internet, you can turn that into a career.

A decision is only as strong as the belief standing behind it

It’s crazy how you hear the story of The Tortoise and the Hare while growing up, and assume it’s just a nice thing to tell kids—and then you start your career and watch it actually...

First LEARN…thenremove the ‘L

You wander. You work nearly every job known to man, it seems, only to arrive at the wonderings of philosophy.

I never pursued a career relentlessly.

People leave companies for two reasons. One, they don’t feel appreciated. And two, they don’t get along with their boss.

I’ve been a fashion model for 15 years and designing is just an extension of my career. I still plan on modeling lingerie, but at the same time this is a business transition that I...

I don’t think anybody in my graduating class would have figured that I would be doing full-on single-camera comedies or sitcoms, or anything like that, but it certainly has been a part of my career.

No offense but a seller will say whatever it takes to sell a product but if you sum it up, it comes down to hard work.

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

A friend’s 14-year-old niece was asked by her teacher what she wanted to be when she finished school. The teacher asked her to think hard about it and then get back to him with an...

You need to know the constituency you belong to…and that is revealed by your constituents. When your constituents are speaking in public and making of stories, your constituency can be “journalism”.

There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It’s a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It’s made my whole career. It’s special.

Going from sharing a one-bedroom place to living in a loft to two people living in a house to me having my own place by myself has kind of mirrored my career… small steps to...

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.

I’ve had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.

You know, I think I had a great career; there’s not much I think I’d do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn’t get one till 49 or 50 fights into...

Having so many close calls in my career, it was such an awesome feeling to get that first world title.

I have worked hard in my career, but I have been lucky as well.

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a ‘thing’ at an earlier point in my career. I’m aware of having become a ‘thing’ now, which doesn’t give me a lot...

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.

När höjdarna ger dig en lort, putsar du upp den och säger “Men Gud, så fin!” Det för att de blir imponerade av ens intellekt, perceptionsförmåga och kapacitet. Om du inte gör det står du...

Be true to what naturally interests you – and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.

Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him wanting in a number of respects, he holds an unshakable...

Don’t be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in,...

Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that’s what you...

I’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.

Positive energy is your priceless life force. Protect it. Don’t allow people to draw from your reserves; select friends who recharge your energies . . . I’m not asking you to cut people out of...

I had never even thought I’d be an actress – I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing....

Wake up with a purpose and make every effort to succeed. Many people spend their lives just going through the motions. They are satisfied with their daily routines or habitual lifestyles. Don’t be complacent with...

It’s difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer – but then it’s difficult in any industry.

in the mud,” obsessed with the task at hand. Perspective is neutralized, stunted so that you can capture only the most relevant, time-sensitive data that will determine how to approach your opponent that day. Then...

I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for fun, forever. I don’t know where I got that from. Seems silly now.

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

No, scratch the word “career.” Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

I have dozens of loyal fans! Baker’s dozens! …they come in thirteens.

As a war correspondent and a mother, I’ve learned to live in two different realities. It’s not always easy to make the transition from a beautiful London park filled with children to a war zone,...

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

I don’t just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want...

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

In one way or another, almost every twentysomething client I have wonders, ‘Will things work out for me?’ The uncertainty behind that question is what makes twentysomething life so difficult, but it is also what...

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills and strengths and make the world sit up and take notice.

I think I’ve been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had...

Frequently I get asked if I’d rather have spent my career in a big city like New York or Los Angeles, where the exposure would be greater than in Seattle. My answer is no, not...

I was only 24 years old when a lady called Sabina Sehgal Saikia – the then ‘Delhi Times’ editor – asked me to host the ‘Times Food Guide Awards,’ so it was with The ‘Times...