“We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.” Has BeensForgetSuccessfulPoliticianProfessionStatesmenProfessionalism Author:Felix Frankfurter
“Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.” PeopleThinkingYearsTwoJobsSuccessfulNiceHonestPrayingIllusionProfessionBeing HonestBrownTwo YearsHindsightMurphyMurphy Brown Author:Charles Kimbrough
“Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to arrive at the top in his chosen profession. I have always maintained that one profession is deserving of as much honor as another provided it is honorable.” IfsMenPersonsCan DoAbilityBusinessSuccessfulHonestyHonorProfessionChosenHonorableDeservingSuccessful Person Author:Will Rogers
“But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.” IfsSometimesHardOrderLeftDifficultSuccessfulCuttingFocusedProfessionDrivenPersonal RelationshipsBecoming Successful Author:Nathan Lane
“If people are highly successful in their professions they lose their sense. Sight goes. They have no time to look at pictures. Sound goes. They have no time to listen to music. Speech goes. They have no time for conversation. Humanity goes. Money making becomes so important that they must work by night as well as by day. Health goes. And so competitive do they become that they will not share their work with others though they have more themselves. What then remains of a human being who has lost sight, sound, and sense of proportion? Only a cripple in a cave.” PeopleIfsHumansWellsLooksImportantNightHumanityLostSoundLosesHuman BeingsSuccessfulShareConversationSpeechSightRemainsProfessionMaking MoneyProportionCavesListening To MusicCripples Author:Virginia Woolf
“The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.” SocialSuccessfulTeachingDemandEqualStandardsFunctionProductionsProfessionConsumersMeritBusinessmanUrgentSuccessful BusinessBusiness LeadershipUneducatedAdjustingScholasticsSuccessful BusinessmanTeaching Profession Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics