#career

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#career #classes #education #foundation #gave

I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career. ↗

— Michael Chang

#i #realize #twilight

a friend with weed is a friend indeed... ↗

— Pops O'Donnell

#career

I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them. ↗

— Og Mandino

#job #promotion #career

The career of motherhood and homemaking is beyond value and needs no justification. Its importance is incalculable. ↗

— Katherine Short

#homemaking #motherhood #career

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really. ↗

— Philip Larkin

#work #career

His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #career

The home is the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose, and that is to support the ultimate career. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#family #family

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#against #almost #always #attack #care

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#career #cindy #cindy crawford #control #crawford