Welcome to our collection of long career quotes, where insightful words from various perspectives shed light on the journey of professional development, growth, and fulfillment. Throughout history, individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions have shared their wisdom on the intricacies of navigating careers, the pursuit of passion, and the pursuit of success. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, a recent graduate stepping into the workforce, or someone contemplating a career change, these quotes offer guidance, inspiration, and reflection.
Embark on a journey through the nuanced nuances of the professional realm as we delve into the musings of renowned thinkers, entrepreneurs, artists, and leaders. From motivational reflections to thought-provoking insights, these quotes encapsulate the essence of the career experience, touching upon themes of perseverance, ambition, resilience, and purpose. Whether you seek reassurance during challenging times or motivation to pursue your aspirations, you’ll find a wealth of wisdom awaiting you in the words of those who have traversed the paths of career exploration and achievement. Discover the power of language to ignite passion, drive, and determination as you explore the quotes below.
We’ve managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we’ve never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren’t commercial enough. Alex Lifeson
Hopefully I will have a long career at Liverpool. Philippe Coutinho
I’ve had a very long career of being conservative. Alyson Stoner
Any great, long career has at least one flameout in it. Tina Brown
For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I’ve considered Lacy a close personal friend. Jay Nixon
You know, I’m the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn’t do the 50 Cent sales but hey… I got a long career, I’m still young and I’m trying to bring really good music. Obie Trice
Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that’s the foundation for having a long career. Jamal Crawford
I’ve learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you’ll feel like you’re a failure or when you’re disappointed in yourself. Bryce Dallas Howard
I had a long career that started when I was 17. I wrestled for 20 years, so people forget how long I actually wrestled for. Edge
In my long career I have experienced a lot, but never changed. Franck Ribery
I feel like I have a very strong character, I’m super talented and the possibilities are endless for Bianca Belair. She’s somebody who can stand on her own and have a very successful, long career but at the same time I have no problem being paired with my husband in any shape or form because it’s a part of who I am. Bianca Belair
I hope I have a long career, but I really don’t think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes. Action Bronson
Well you’re talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege. Mark Rydell
A lot of people would be happy that they got through a long career and had a chance to play as many times in the finals. To me, I wanted to win for the franchise and for the people. And when you can’t do that, it’s devastating, particularly for someone like me. Jerry West
During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations. Alan Bradley
I am hoping for a long career. Zoe Saldana
Throughout his long career, Washington earned the adulation not merely of ordinary people but of the other luminaries whom we now hail as ‘founding fathers.’ Edmund Morgan
I want to be Jacques Pepin. I want to have a nice 50-, 60-year career. I want to be on PBS when I’m 70-something, still kicking it, having a great time, showing up in Aspen to sign cookbooks. I just want to have a nice, big, long career. Tyler Florence
I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks. Kristaps Porzingis
I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India. Terry Riley
Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games – almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured. Michelle Kwan
What I wanted more than anything was a long career. Terence Stamp
It wasn’t just about getting to the league. A lot of people can have their foot in the door and have an opportunity. I want to stay and have a long career. Josh Hart
My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over a long career. For a while, before I was born, he was the CEO of an oil and gas exploration company. Hank Green
Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I’ve always hoped to have a really long career. So I’ve tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn’t realize the two could go together. Jewel
Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don’t respond well to adversity, you’re probably not going to have a long career. Theo Epstein
I believe the path to a long career is to keep the audience guessing. Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. I literally will pay to see anything he does because I know it’s going to be something different than I have already seen. David Oyelowo
I obviously want to win a grand slam, but whatever I do, however long I play, I hope I sustain a really long career, a healthy one, just a pretty consistent career. I obviously want to win a grand slam. Sloane Stephens
There have been two Geraldo Riveras through his long career. One of them was a reporter who has done some remarkable work. The other was a television show host who did what it took to get an audience. Brit Hume
I’d never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I’ve had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really astounding. It’s taken me a long time to accept what I do for a living and actually feel like I have anything of value to add to the equation. Shirley Manson
In the early days, Jerry was an antagonist, which was arguably his best casting. ‘The King’s’ quick wit is perfectly suited to be an antagonist, but at the same time, he’s so funny that it is hard to hate Jerry Lawler as the villain – especially at this stage of his long career. Jim Ross
I’ve had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away. Chris Cornell
I feel like I’m going to have a long career and you don’t want to get a bad reputation for certain things. Jared Dudley
We’ve got a long career ahead of us and it’s going to be great. Trust me. Dan Hawkins
It’s not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don’t even think about how long I’ve been doing it. Kevin Spacey
I have kids and I’d like to leave them better off. A sport career is not a long career. When you make money, you want to invest it where you see fit. Hopefully you can retire before the fight game retires you. Leon Edwards
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung. John McCormack
Fresh out of grad school, I arrived for my first day of work at Deloitte ready for the long haul. For my generation, that’s what those early years were about – laying the foundation for a lifelong career with a great organization. More than 30 years later, I’m still with Deloitte, and I have no regrets. Punit Renjen
For the record, in my long career, I’ve never knowingly exposed classified information in an inappropriate manner. James Clapper
Luckily, I had a long career and made good money. Tim Duncan
It’s been a long career, and I’ve made some mistakes along the way. Rupert Murdoch
Trump has learned over his long career as a lying liar who lies that none of his stories have to be true. Rick Wilson
The fact is Jerry Weintraub, the handsome, bearish movie producer, the man with the long career, who worked with Arthur Godfrey and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, is a great storyteller – he’s this as much as he’s anything else. He takes time telling stories, too. Rich Cohen
We all deal with failure. If you’re lucky to have a long career, it’s part of the experience. David Henry Hwang
I had in mind a long career. Eve Arnold
Not a lot of people or pros in this game know how to train correctly. That’s why they don’t have a long career. Their body gets banged up. They get into a rhythm of heavy sparring and heavy work, but through that, they’re limiting movement. Conor McGregor
Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years. Donny Osmond
I want to play football. I’m not just here to pick up my salary and do nothing. I’m young, I’m still 23 and still have a very long career, and I want to play games. Luke Shaw
Having a long career with real lasting power has always been a goal. Christian Cage
I’ve had a long career with a lot of fights, and I’ve taken a lot of punishment. Carlos Condit
We were interested in making a long career out of this, rather than being ‘Canada’s Newest Hitmakers.’ It seems to work, and it trickles down to every aspect of the band. Gord Downie
Going to that level, a lot of guys get to the NFL, and they don’t make a long career out of it. The NFL is very hard. One percent of college athletes make it to the NFL. Baron Corbin
I’m from the old school of actors who are convinced too much exposure on TV isn’t good for a long career. Van Heflin
I hope to have a long career, and I don’t want to be defined by things that aren’t the music. James Bay
A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn’t seem so hard. Cal Ripken, Jr.
I have sung in many languages in my decades long career and Telugu is one of them. Kumar Sanu
I want to have a long career. But that’s based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image. Maggie Rogers
I think it’s really important to remember that it’s a long life, and it’s a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career. Laura Leighton
The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I’m surprised that I’ve been able to dance as long as I have. Damian Woetzel
And I’ve been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most important moments in modern American political life. Judy Woodruff
I plan on having a long career. I don’t want to burn out. Zawe Ashton
Managing directors at top-tier investment banks may pocket a million a year and be worth tens of millions after a long career. Early employees at tech firms like Uber, Airbnb, and Snapchat can make many times that amount of money in a matter of years. Emily Chang
The aim for me is to have a long career. I’ve got a couple of kids, and so I can’t really be a fashion because I have to sustain a life for my children. Rebecca Ferguson
I’ve been blessed to have a long career. Cedric the Entertainer
I think it’s a good trade to have to be versatile, to be adaptable, and be dependable, and that’s one of the things that has enabled me to have the long career that I’ve had. It’s definitely not because I’m good looking! Big Show
I’m really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure you could put on a live show before you put a record out. And if your first album sold 100,000 to 200,000 copies, they were happy, because they figured you had your foot in the door on a way to a long career. Philip Bailey
‘Your Life Calling’ is the first thing in my long career I’ve ever actually invented. It is my entrepreneurial debut. Jane Pauley
Ever since I first started acting I’ve wanted to have a long career. Josh Hutcherson
I want to have a long career, so I’m fine with it growing slowly. Alison Sudol
I’m very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion. Susannah McCorkle
For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career. Will Poulter
Growing up in Miami, having these different cultures and being inspired in so many ways musically has let me have a very long career, ’cause just when you think I’m gonna do this type of record, I go and do something else. Flo Rida
I’m proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit to my ambition and I have always been determined to achieve that objective. Essam El Hadary
I want to have a long career. Haley Bennett
I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it’s a long, long career. Paolo Maldini
Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it’s all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent. Orianthi
It’s always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don’t know if I’m good enough to have a long career. I’ve got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. Rupert Grint
It feels nice after a long career as an actor to find your own voice and support that. Shiri Appleby
Through our long career we never got to work together until 2013 when we signed ‘Club 60.’ Until then I always liked him from afar. I knew Farooque Sahab was a decent person, a warm person, but it was only after I met him during this shoot that I realized what an enormously nice and genuine person he was. Sharat Saxena
At the end of the day for me, it’s not about getting into the league, it’s about staying and having a long career. Josh Hart
An outgrowth of having a long career is that I have a lot of interesting things around that I get to revisit, and someday get to the place where they become something that I want to do next. Bruce Springsteen
We singers are like boxers in that we have our own categories. If you go outside those categories you are in trouble. If I am a welterweight fighter, I am satisfied having a long career as a world-champion welterweight. But if I try to move up into the heavyweight category, then for sure I will take a knockout punch. And then it’s finito! Mirella Freni
My father ran London Films. He made films like ‘The Red Shoes,’ ‘The Third Man.’ And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children. Mark Helprin
Absolutely, I think that during a course of my career, I had a long career in sport, I had many ups and downs. Abhinav Bindra
I love doing interviews but yeah, I hope to have a long career like Wendy Williams, like Angie Martinez has or just a lot of people in radio that I look up to. Howard Stern has had a really long career. Angela Yee
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. Gail Devers
Honestly, the thing that I have found to be most useful over a long career, or maintaining a long career, is taking back the power at some point and self-producing. Theresa Rebeck
Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers… It’s best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that’s a failure. Tony Bennett
I do feel grateful, and I love what I’m doing, and I’m happy, and I’m living in the moment, but I also have my eye on the long game and the big prize, and that is just to make this a life-long career. To make a big enough impact on everybody to stick around for a long time. Cassadee Pope
You know, it’s a long season and hopefully a long career. Donovan Mitchell
I truly think a long career is to keep the audience guessing and not being able to be boxed, and for me, I’m not hell-bent on playing the lead in things as long its an interesting character with phenomenally talented people, and it’s a script that I feel is genuinely innovative, creative, and potentially interesting for an audience. David Oyelowo
I never expected to have such a long career, it’s been 52 years. Jose Feliciano
Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range. Samira Wiley
I think it’s a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career. Nancy Kerrigan
You need to be very adaptable to have a long career. If you’re not taught by somebody who knows different styles you’ll be left by the wayside very quickly. William Regal
I would never think I would be able to have such a long career, let alone to conquer and to achieve everything that I conquered, that I achieved. I only started for love, for fun, because I liked it. So I never dreamed that I would have such a career. Mauricio Rua
I want a long career in music, so you’ve gotta keep trying things out; it’s gotta get progressively better. Gin Wigmore
