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In this note today we are going to be looking at job search quotes to inspire you to keep your head high as you try to eke out a living during these hard times.
These surely are hard times, but as Robert Schuller said in his timeless classics ” tough times never last, but tough people do”. Let these motivational job search quotes help you find the needed fuel to keep going until you find your own pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Motivational Job Searches Quotes
” The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish. Without rejection there’s no frontier, there’s no passion, and there’s no magic”- James Altucher
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” —H.G. Wells
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” —Maya Angelou
“Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” —Mary Anne Radmacher
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” —Babe Ruth
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.” —Helen Keller
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” —A.A. Milne (from Winnie the Pooh)
“Fail often so you can succeed sooner.” —Tom Kelley
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” —Dolly Parton
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain
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“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” —Dalai Lama
” I have a theory and really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength” – Brabara Corcoran
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” —Confucius
“A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.” —David McGee
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” —Milton Berle
” Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes” – James Altucher
“I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential.” —Nicki Minaj
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.” —Unknown
“But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration—because it’s a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks.” —James Cameron
“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.” —Mark Victor Hansen
“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” —Thomas Alva Edison
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” —T. Harv Eker
“I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.” —Robert Downey Jr.
“The only way to do great work is to do what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, Don’t settle.” —Steve Jobs
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” —Thomas Jefferson
” I have come long ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it’s a phantom chase” – Brabara Corcoran
“You’ll never please everyone, but you only have to please a few people to get an offer.” —Harvey MacKay
“You don’t need a new day to start over, you only need a new mindset.” —Hazel Miro Ozbek
“Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.” —Hal Lancaster
” Everyday you reinvent yourself. You are always in motion. But you decide everyday: forward or backward” – James Altucher
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want something.”—Randy Pausch
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.” —Andrew Carnegie
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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspirations and expectation.” — Jack Nicklaus
“The harder I practice, the luckier I get.”—Gary Player
“Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they never quit.” —J.W. Marriot
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” —Vince Lombardi
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.” — Hillary Clinton
“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” —Arthur Golden
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.” —Booker T. Washington
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” —Alexander Graham Bell
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“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C. S. Lewis
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
“Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.” — Brian Tracy
“Every single journey that I’ve embarked on, I’ve learned something new.” — Shailene Woodley
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” — Dennis Waitley
“Fear regret more than failure.” — Taryn Rose
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi
“I can’t do it never yet accomplished anything; I will try has performed wonders.” — George P. Burnham
“Every new day is another chance to change your life.” — Anonymous
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.” — Calvin Coolidge
“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” — Les Brown
“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” — H. Jackson Browne
“If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” — Zig Ziglar
“Don’t wait for your feelings to change to take the action. Take the action and your feelings will change.” — Barbara Baron
“An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block.” — Anonymous
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” — Arthur Ashe
“When 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
“Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.” — Hamilton Holt
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
“Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.” — Hal Lancaster
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” — Stephen Hawking
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door.” — Milton Berle
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want something.” — Randy Pausch
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“We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.” — Winston Churchill
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” — Winston Churchill
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
I hope these motivational job search quotes have helped to spice your day and put a little smile in your countenance.
Please, feel free to add your own job search quotes in the comments below.
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