Orison Swett Marden Quotes

If you don't like what you're doing, get out.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that you hate, you should quit. That's the way I look at it. I'm in a job that I love, so I'm going to make it my career.

I know a lot of people at some point in their business careers decide they'll just cash in and do something else, but for some reason, I've never had that feeling.

I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's going to be doing this occasional good work in the theater and then ever diminishing bad television. I thought I'd rather do bad movies than bad television because you get more money for it.

I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of.

I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked 'One Life to Live.'

I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks you. Let your job pick you. Find something you are passionate about. Then when you are passionate, be persistent. Just keep doing it for a while because progress is always hard work. It never rests in ideas.'

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

My goal has always been to make a living and to have the respect of my peers. It's never been about stardom. It's about a good and challenging part.

I've never disguised the fact that I wasn't happy in teaching. But the reason was that I wanted to do comedy. I would have been a very unhappy security guard or a very unhappy greengrocer.

It requires a lot of courage for someone to cast me in something else. I am just hoping that someone sees something else in me other than comedy.

If you're in a job that you hate, don't be scared of seeking out something that might be riskier. Anything can turn into something with passion and hard work.

I would not leave the 'Times' for a television job.

You have ups and downs in any field, but the wait will always be worth it if you love your job.

I went into NXT with no expectations. That's what I was told when I was hired - have no expectations, just do the best I could - and that's always what I've done for the last fifteen years. That's what I did, and you know, it's obviously working out pretty good.

I never expected to become an actor at all. You can do anything you put your mind to it!

I tell you what, if somebody gives you the opportunity to live your dream, wouldn't you want to do it for a lot of hours?

I just want to keep working hard. I just want to keep improving myself. And I just want to prove people that I can play in the real game.

My career has been going better than expected, and I'm grateful.

If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.

But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.