An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
James Whistler

When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.
Julius Erving

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.
George Harrison

The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted.
Galen Rowell

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
Layne Staley

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
Abdul Kalam

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
Benjamin Disraeli

If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today.
Isabelle Adjani

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.
Paul J. Meyer

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
Jack Nicholson

I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
Jackie Chan

One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.
Hillary Clinton

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
Jack Nicholson

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
Orison Swett Marden

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
Orison Swett Marden

You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.
Jon Stewart

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
Denis Waitley

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.
Lou Holtz

I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.
John Lasseter