by Julie Watson, former Head Editor, INALJ Pennsylvania
previously published 8/19/13
Unmotivated? Discouraged? Click Here
Staying positive during the job search can be challenging, especially if you are not currently employed. When times get tough, I find inspiration in quotes. Sometimes I’ll pick a one for the week and use it like a mantra. Anytime I start to feel discouraged, I remind myself of that little piece of wisdom. This practice helps me dig deep when I need to most. Try it and see if works for you! Choose one of these, or find a special one of your own.
- The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. – Benjamin Franklin
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. – Arthur Ashe
- Accept failure as part of the process. – Unknown
- Remember that failure is an event, not a person. – Zig Ziglar
- Opportunity is missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. – Thomas Edison
- I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way. – Carl Sagan
- You may not realize it when it happens, but at kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney
- Patience is not the ability to wait, but to keep a good attitude while waiting. – Unknown
- Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it. –Theodore Roosevelt
- Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its struggles, it empties today of its strength. – Mary Englebreit
- The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH. – Unknown
- Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. – Neale Donald Walsch
- If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou
- Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it. –Marva Collins
- When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. – Alexander Graham Bell
- When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. – Will Rogers
- You’ve only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got. – Unknown
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