Inspirational Dream Job Quotes That Will Motivate You

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Job searching can be challenging and overwhelming, but every step you take towards finding your dream job will put you on the path to career success. Sometimes, a little motivation can help you get to the next step and help you keep your job search moving forward.

These dream job quotes will help you find inspiration as you work toward achieving your career goals.

Dream Job Quotes

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself.
Unknown

Goals are new, forward-moving objectives. They magnetize you towards them.
Mark Victor Hansen

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.
Oprah Winfrey

If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.
Buddhist Saying

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
Howard Ruff

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell

Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.
Samuel Smiles

I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remained unsung.
Rabindranath Tagore

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'Always do what you are afraid to do.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."
Pope John XXIII

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill

No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job.
Russell Simmons

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow Wilson

I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity ... If knocked down, I will get back up every time.
The US Navy Seals

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
King Solomon

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means, keep moving.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The only goal you can't accomplish is the one that you don't go after!
Vilis Ozols

The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life's direction.
Remez Sasson

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
Albert Einstein

Getting paid to sleep ... that's my dream job.
Unknown

Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than to have slept through a life that never had a dream.
Samantha Pickreign

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Pamela Vaull Starr

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
Lao Tzu

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!
Earl Nightingale

Tips for Finding Your Dream Job

Along with a little motivation to get you back on track, consider these practical tips that will help you find your dream job fast.