--- title: "13 Job Career Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Job Career quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Job Career sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jessica-pegula-6631_career_tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-c_1891338.jpg" --- > [Tennis is my thing, it's my job, it's my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pegula/tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-career/) [Jessica Pegula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-pegula/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jessica-pegula-6631_career_tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-c_1891338.jpg) > [Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career-has-it-because-they-love-what/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rush-limbaugh-28_career_anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career_374715.jpg) > [The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-is-the-difference-between/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/robert-frost-371_boss-day_the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-caree_708494.png) > [There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-if-you-re-the-boss/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/ricky-gervais-851_boss_there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a_111081.png) > [A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/a-job-is-not-a-career-i-think-i-started-out-with-a-job-it-turned-into/) [Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/barbara-walters-7622_career_a-job-is-not-a-career-i-think-i-started_615292.jpg) > [It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/it-s-time-to-question-a-job-or-career-move-when-it-seems-like-most/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/alan-watts-587_career_it-s-time-to-question-a-job-or-career-mo_1813352.jpg) > [It's hard to have little children and a job and career at the same time. There is no time left for you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/it-s-hard-to-have-little-children-and-a-job-and-career-at-the-same/) [Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/sandra-day-o-connor-3681_career_it-s-hard-to-have-little-children-and-a_3054050.png) > [Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/whether-we-call-it-a-job-or-a-career-work-is-more-than-just-something/) [Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/anita-hill-15394_career_whether-we-call-it-a-job-or-a-career-wor_2808087.png) > [“You're so young... Are you sure that's what you want your life to be, forever and ever? That job? That career? That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what-you-want-your-life-to-be/) [Peter Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/peter-cameron-10999_career_you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what_3010170.png) > [“I am certain that Eric will get the job. His career path is very straight, like that of an arrow to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weike-wang/i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job-his-career-path-is-very/) [Weike Wang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weike-wang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/weike-wang-22249_career-path_i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job_1692802.jpg) > [A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-were-into-music-from-the-start/) [Mitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/mitski-6905_career_a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-w_791937.jpg) > [If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-nemko/if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-change-to-i-ve-come-to-believe-in/) [Marty Nemko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-nemko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/marty-nemko-20791_ads_if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-chan_670787.jpg) > [“You can believe, for example, that a dead-end job is a career. You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/you-can-believe-for-example-that-a-dead-end-job-is-a-career-you-can/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/jodi-picoult-45_career_you-can-believe-for-example-that-a-dead_3212041.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-career/#itemlist", "name": "Job Career Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tennis is my thing, it's my job, it's my career.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Pegula" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pegula/tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-career/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jessica-pegula-6631_career_tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-c_1891338.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jessica-pegula-6631_career_tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-c_1891338.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/jessica-pegula-6631_career_tennis-is-my-thing-it-s-my-job-it-s-my-c_1891338.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tennis is my thing, it's my job, it's my career.” — Jessica Pegula", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rush Limbaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career-has-it-because-they-love-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rush-limbaugh-28_career_anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career_374715.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rush-limbaugh-28_career_anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career_374715.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rush-limbaugh-28_career_anybody-that-has-a-decent-job-or-career_374715.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do.” — Rush Limbaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-is-the-difference-between/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/robert-frost-371_boss-day_the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-caree_708494.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/robert-frost-371_boss-day_the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-caree_708494.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/robert-frost-371_boss-day_the-difference-between-a-job-and-a-caree_708494.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry about everything all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Gervais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-if-you-re-the-boss/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/ricky-gervais-851_boss_there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a_111081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/ricky-gervais-851_boss_there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a_111081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/ricky-gervais-851_boss_there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a_111081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have…” — Ricky Gervais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A job is not a career. 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Are you sure that's what you want your life to be, forever and ever? That job? That career? That girlfriend?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Cameron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what-you-want-your-life-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/peter-cameron-10999_career_you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what_3010170.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/peter-cameron-10999_career_you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what_3010170.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/peter-cameron-10999_career_you-re-so-young-are-you-sure-that-s-what_3010170.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're so young... Are you sure that's what you want your life to be, forever and ever? That job? 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If I were to draw my path out, it would look like a gas particle flying around in space.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Weike Wang" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weike-wang/i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job-his-career-path-is-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/weike-wang-22249_career-path_i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job_1692802.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/weike-wang-22249_career-path_i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job_1692802.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/weike-wang-22249_career-path_i-am-certain-that-eric-will-get-the-job_1692802.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am certain that Eric will get the job. 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I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-were-into-music-from-the-start/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/mitski-6905_career_a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-w_791937.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/mitski-6905_career_a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-w_791937.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/mitski-6905_career_a-lot-of-musicians-talk-about-how-they-w_791937.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians…” — Mitski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care most about: producing a new product, a cause, health, something unpopular but important, whatever. Next, get expertise in that, perhaps not at State U let alone private U but at You U: self-study, articles,, webinars, volunteering, etc. Then use your network rather than answering ads to land a launchpad job in that career.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marty Nemko" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-nemko/if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-change-to-i-ve-come-to-believe-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/marty-nemko-20791_ads_if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-chan_670787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/marty-nemko-20791_ads_if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-chan_670787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/marty-nemko-20791_ads_if-you-don-t-know-what-career-you-d-chan_670787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. 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