#profess

I didn't want to lose my sense of myself in my profession. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#lose #myself #profession #sense #want

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#fights #had #i #love #mentally

Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. ↗

— Hal Boyle

#deliver #discuss #habit #lecture #professors

I'm not that professional. ↗

— Andy Richter

#professional

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen. ↗

— Anne Seward

#attention #bestowed #cannot #compositions #countrymen

Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#caribbean #construction #found #growing #hospital

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. ↗

— Frederick W. Smith

#concept #delivery #earn #feasible #fred

We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#professional #work #writing #art

A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#profession #art

Compared to art, all other professions are but chores. ↗

— T.L. Rese

#profession #work #art