I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore — I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, ''Excuse me.''
I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change their lives, but I've met many more people who merely had to change their motive to service in order to change their lives.
If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.
If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, will pay for any sales they can get. And they care little for the color or gender of the person who brings that business to the firm. Most will be glad to get the business even if it comes from a green, bisexual Martian.
It's a job — someone's gotta do it. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine. [On what it's like kissing sex symbol Jennifer Aniston]
Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will move out.
Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.
My job is never work — the only time it seems like work is when I'd rather be doing something else.
Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
There is no indispensable man.
There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.
We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.