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Optimism is critical to the
success of any career or life transition. I offer the quotes
below as inspiration to help you maintain or elevate
motivation and hope during tough times. If you find quotes that
appeal to you, you might consider copying them. Think about
posting them in places where you can read them everyday or come
across thoughout the day. Of course, these are only a few of
the many inspirational quotes and material available, so look for
those -- here and elsewhere -- that you find especially helpful to
you.
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Direction
“I didn’t belong
as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I’d known
that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life
would have been much easier.” ~ Bette Midler
"The
reluctance to make an occupational commitment in the face of unpredictable
future events should be celebrated as open-mindedness, not denigrated as
indecisiveness. ~ J. Krumboltz
"By recording your dreams and
goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person
you most want to be. Put your future in good hands — your own." ~ Mark Victor Hansen
Alice said to the Cheshire Cat, "'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat."
~ from ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll
“Your options are limited only by your fears.” ~ Unknown Author
"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth." ~ Pearl S. Buck
“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.” ~ Mark Twain
Dreams
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." ~ Les Brown
"You
have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the
orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even
then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the
exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat." ~ Charlie Chaplin
"Whatever you vividly
imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act
upon must inevitably come to pass." ~ Paul J. Meyer
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.” ~ Earvin Magic Johnson
"Keep away from people who
try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but
the really great make you feel that you, too, can become
great." ~ Mark Twain
Change
"100%
of the jobs in the American workforce are temporary but 75% of the people in
them just do not realize it yet." ~ William Bridges
“That's the risk you
take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't
like the new you. But other people who do will come along.”
~ Lisa Alther
“What the caterpillar calls the
end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” ~ Richard Bach
“There is nothing permanent except change.” ~ Heraclitus
Determination
"With every experience, you alone are painting
your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice" ~
Oprah Winfrey
"Focus on where you want to go, not on
what you fear." ~ Unknown
"Nothing is impossible in life... Some things just take longer..." ~ Unknown
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.” ~ Tommy Lasorda
"Results? Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know 50,000 things that won't work." ~ Thomas
A. Edison
“We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” ~ Helen Keller
“Others can stop you temporarily – you are the only one who can do it permanently.” ~ Zig Ziglar
Opportunity
"You can learn new things at
anytime in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you
actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to
you." ~ Barbara Sher
"There is no security on this earth:
There is only opportunity." ~ General Douglas MacArthur
“There are no problems, only opportunities" ~ Bill Austin
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” ~ John Powell
Positive Attitude
"Circumstances do not make the man [woman], they reveal him [her]." ~ James Allen
"Whether
you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." ~ Henry Ford
"Our belief at the beginning
of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the successful
outcome of your venture." ~ William James
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world." ~ Helen Keller
“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"A man's [woman's] life is what his [her] thoughts make of it." ~ Thoreau
"....everything can be taken
away from a man [or a woman] but one thing: the last of the human
freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way." ~ Victor Frankl
“The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.” ~ Harold Wilkins
Taking Action
"Everything comes to him who
hustles while he waits." ~ Thomas Edison
“You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes.” ~ Winnie the Pooh
“Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” ~ Arnold H. Glasgow
“One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.” ~ John W. Foster
“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” ~ Andre Gide
“The only true failure...would be not to explore at all.” ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton
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