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Marcel AchardA painter's career is like a prostitute's career: in the beginning he does it for his own pleasure, then for the pleasure of others and, finally, for the money.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

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Zig ZiglarYour attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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Marilyn MonroeA career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

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CiceroIf a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

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Peter DruckerRank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

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Lord ChesterfieldAll your Greek will never advance you from secretary to envoy, or from envoy to ambassador; but your address, your manner, your air, if good, very probably may.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Niccolò MachiavelliIt is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.

—  Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher

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Ralph Waldo EmersonHitch your wagon to a star.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Arthur Conan DoyleSkill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

—  Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer

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Orson WellesI started at the top and worked my way down.

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

Jean de La BruyèreLofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Henri JeansonA great career today is measured by the number of failures.

—  Henri Jeanson, 1900-1970, French critic & columnist

Marilyn MonroeA career is born in public – talent in privacy.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

Personal Stories

TalleyrandRegimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

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Pablo PicassoWhen I was a child, my mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Marlen DietrichI never ever took my career seriously.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Steve JobsGetting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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Quotes in Verse

Dinos Christianopoulos(career)
from the garden to the vase
then in the trash bin.

—  Dinos Christianopoulos, 1931-2020, Greek poet

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek proverbA snake will not become a dragon unless it eats a dragon.

Όφις ει μη φάγοι όφιν, δράκων ου γενήσεται.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

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DemosthenesRisen to greatness from small and humble beginnings.

Μέγας εκ μικρού και ταπεινού.

—  Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator

     (of Philip of Macedonia)

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