Job Quotes - page 99

Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description. You don't have to become rich. You can be ordinary. Happiness lies there. Do good work, create good work for others. (Jay Parini)
I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job. View quote
Jada Pinkett Smith
I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job. View quote
Jada Pinkett Smith
Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want. View quote
James Altucher
I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right after high school when I got a job in a mental hospital. I was working my way through college, and I did a lot of night shifts, and there was nothing to do. So I read like crazy, serious stuff, all the classics. View quote
James Patterson
It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like. View quote
James Patterson
So when you consider the archetypal, historical, and cultural background of whatever you do, it gives you a sense that your occupation can be a calling and not just a job. View quote
James Hillman
I've determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough money not only to live a comfortable existence, but also to buy many, many new pairs of shoes. View quote
Jen Lancaster
Writing is my therapy. In addition to my real therapy. God knows where I'd be without it. I'd probably still be at my last job, working in HR at a religious organization. I was horribly miscast. View quote
Jenny Lawson
I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody. View quote
Jennifer Lynch
Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. (Jennifer Weiner)
Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private. View quote
Jennifer Weiner
Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job. View quote
Jennifer Weiner
It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job, or the kids - it's you! And it always has been. View quote
Jeffrey Gitomer
Your job is to meet the right people and read the right books. View quote
Jeffrey Gitomer
Random acts of kindness and the desire to do the best job possible lead to trust. View quote
Jeffrey Gitomer
I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter. View quote
Joe Cocker
Our job as humans is to hold onto thoughts of what we want. View quote
John Assaraf
He was just a lieutenant of the line, a small cog in an immense machine. Besides, all that really mattered to him was doing his job and survivng. View quote
John Jakes
My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide. View quote
John Cusack
One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M. (John Lescroart)
We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity. View quote
John Medina
I love it, man; I'm 23 years old and I'm lucky enough to write movies as a job! I just feel really blessed and can't believe it's happening. View quote
Jonah Hill
The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up. View quote
Jonathan Kellerman
That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out and play with my imaginary friends. In terms of Isaac, when the time's right. View quote
Jonathan Kellerman