Job Quotes - Page 3

Don’t be too stereotyped, be ready to explore new opportunities

A family man shouldn't trade his peace for profits, it is the job of a businessman.

A month ago, Gavin had given his employer four weeks' notice. "I'll get a job around here," he'd told her. "Something low-stress, part-time, maybe. We're not paying rent, and Dad's left us plenty. You should quit, too." A year earlier this news would have filled her with delicious, full fat, chocolate-coated joy. But now, after a grueling routine of shitty work, shitty- weird home life in a house where the shadow of a dead boy walked more solidly than the grownups, shitty headaches, shitty worry about a husband who couldn't keep his dick out of other women, the golden offer just weirded Laine out. She didn't trust it.

You know, Piggly Wiggly never could hang on to a night stock manager. Your math skills would be a plus, maybe even your Spanish, and you don't mind staying up late.""Piggly Wiggly, wow. I hadn't thought about that. I'll swing by, pick up an application tomorrow. But if it doesn't pan out maybe ... Never mind, it's a crazy idea.""No, tell me. I want to hear it.""Well, just as a backup plan, I did hear that Sony has an opening. They're, um, they're looking for a rock star. The hours suck, but it's no worse than night stock manager at Pigs. I bet it pays better too."Isabel stopped in her tracks, playfully slapping his arm. "Aidan, that's genius! That's what you should do! I've heard you sing, you can carry a decent tune." She looked him up and down. "With a little work, you can probably pull off the image."He tugged on her arms until she was in his. "Only if you're sure. Only if it's what we want.""Aidan, it's who you are. I've known it since the day we brought that first guitar here. I'd never want to take that away.

Change the value system of the people you are ministering to

No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, 'I am baffled!' and submits to be floated passively back to land.

My first job as assistant director was to make sure he didn't cast the talented blond dancer who had so easily stolen my boyfriend the summer before. I accomplished this with the persistent and skilled manipulation of a grade A bitch.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

I have what takes to get the job done.

Joblessness gives you unlimited access to wealth

When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job.

Don’t just make use of a gift, look inside you and maximize others

Discover and understand the true essence of time so as to know how best to utilize and effectively manage it

Don’t be satisfied with a particular sphere of influence only

Even the enemy needs permission from God to do what he wants with you.

Time used to do irrelevancies can be channeled into something productive instead

Be innovative and creative

Spreading the Word of Christ and the Kingdom should be our goal as believers

It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy every random person who made or makes a lot of money (or money that exceeds what you made or make).

Find out the needs of the people you are ministering to and help them overcome their fears

A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house.

Use time to convert yourself

Life must be lived in speed and focus

Joblessness gives you time to grow

That’s when I first learned that it wasn’t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.

Adapt yourself to the needs of the people

If everyone had the luxury to pursue a life of exactly what they love, we would all be ranked as visionary and brilliant. … If you got to spend every day of your life doing what you love, you can’t help but be the best in the world at that. And you get to smile every day for doing so. And you’ll be working at it almost to the exclusion of personal hygiene, and your friends are knocking on your door, saying, “Don’t you need a vacation?!,” and you don’t even know what the word “vacation” means because what you’re doing is what you want to do and a vacation from that is anything but a vacation — that’s the state of mind of somebody who’s doing what others might call visionary and brilliant.

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job...

To some women, a job plays the role of a man. To most women, a man plays the role of a job.

Don’t wait for people to locate you. Rather, reach out to people and help to bring them to Christ

Time is the material from which everything is made

A big name or a big designation doesn't make a man big but responsibilities do.

For God's sakes, quit worrying about your next job. Just do the best you can at the job you have now, and the offers will come. And when they do, if you have confidence in yourself you don't have to feel that you can't turn it down if it isn't quite right for you because you fear you'll never get another offer. You will. Wait for the right opportunity, and turn down all the rest. It will make all the difference.

Convert your time into useful assets

, “As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

Product must be intentional

Reading is learning: Secure Future and earnings

Sometimes it is better to say ‘no’ and lose your job than it is to say ‘yes’ and lose your soul.

You need to break free from the chain of employment to fully utilize and discover your potential

The way the early Protestants taught on the other hand is that everybody is a full time minister in their various places of work. They went to the extent of saying, your job, profession, occupation is your calling

I notice you use 'work' and 'job' interchangeably. oughten to do that. A job's what you force yourself to pay attention to for money. With work, you don't have to force yourself. (Man dining at Claudia Sanders Dinner House)

Always account for each unit of passing time

Getting employment is equivalent to cutting your life into pieces bit by bit

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.

The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist’s job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientist’s job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.

Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.

To know what to do with time is to convert a day

Your calling and destiny is where your pain and joy meet

When at work, be diligent because there are many people who wish they had your job, but they couldn't since you are the one who got.

There are plenty of chances in life, what's important is what you make of them.

Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.

You must always overcome your comfort zone

Only God can make the common sacred.

Channel your energy into your God-given purpose. Being out of a job gives you all the time you need to grow

I didn’t want to give up my job and join the ranks of the Doing Fuck All brigade no matter how much money I had in the bank.

The needs of the people around you should your utmost priority

Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking.

Locate your own territory and help others achieve theirs

Police officers are poorly paid for a very stressful job that has them in very high powered radio frequency (RF) fields and in a daily environment that may result in them being assaulted, maimed or killed.

Sometimes the gap between what you are and what you want to be is a little piece of paper called your college degree. So jump.