10 Inspiring Career Quotes From 10 Inspiring Authors

Entrepreneurship
“Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was…just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But…it was an outgrowth of everything we’d been doing since [1945]…And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.” Sam Walton, Wal-Mart founder. Quote taken from Good to Great by Jim Collins
Leadership
“Every leader makes mistakes, every leader stumbles and falls. The question with a senior level leader is, does she learn from her mistakes, regroup, and then get going again with renewed speed, conviction and confidence?” Winning by Jack Welch
Persuasion
“There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.” How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Customer Service
“You live in an age when your customer wants everything to be better, cheaper, faster, quicker, smarter, easier, more luxurious. So promise what you can, and then deliver…and then some. If they tell you that your competitor will get them X, then if you can really do it, you tell your customer that you are going to get them X + 2.” The Science of Influence: How to Get Anyone to Say “Yes” In 8 Minutes or Less by Kevin Hogan
Self-confidence
“When you keep asserting that things are going to work out well, that you can do the job, that you will not have a flat tire, that you will get there on time, by talking up good results you invoke the law of positive effects and good results occur. Things do turn out well.” The Power of Positive
Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Desire
“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.” Think and Grow Rich by Greg Habstritt
Behavior
“Strength can make people powerful, influential, and important…But there are things it cannot do. Strength alone can coerce, but it cannot lead.” Compelling People by John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut
Recruiting
“The area in which the executive first encounters the challenge of strength is in staffing. The effective executive fills positions and promotes on the basis of what a man can do. He does not make staffing decisions to minimize weaknesses but to maximize strength.” The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

Optimism
“Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better…the optimist bounces back from defeat, and, with his life somewhat poorer, he picks up and starts again.” Learned Optimism by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.
Goal Setting
“When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. ‘Lose fine pounds,’ is a better goal than ‘lose some weight,’ because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like. Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there.” Nine Things Successful People Do Differently by Heidi Grant Halvorson
source:forbes