51 Inspirational Job Search Quotes

It’s necessary to keep your hopes high while searching for a job! You’ll have to apply for several jobs before getting a reply from recruiters. In such hard times, you only need to hear a motivational quote that can keep you going.

Motivational quotes are good sources of inspiration and encourage you to move forward. This article shares some of the most inspirational job search quotes.

51 Inspirational Job Search Quotes


Whether you are a recent college grad or shifting careers, these motivational career quotes will help you keep your spirits high!

  1. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
  2. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking for it. – Steve Jobs
  3. Don’t count the days. Make the days count.- Mohammed Ali
  4. It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela
  5. Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
  6. Don’t give up; the beginning is always the hardest. – Unknown
  7. Only those who can risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot
  8. No matter how hard your job search is, keep at it. You might hear no many times, but soon you’ll hear a yes. – Unknown
  9. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
  10. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
  11. The voyage of discovery is not in looking for new landscapes but in looking with new eyes. – Unknown
  12. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle
  13. There is a way to do it better; find it. – Thomas Edison
  14. We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King
  15. Everybody has talent, but ability takes work.- Michael Jordan
  16. Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are right. – Henry Ford
  17. Success is walking from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
  18. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michael John Bobak
  19. Do one thing every day that scares you. – Unknown
  20. The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing. – Walt Disney
  21. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of hard work, preparation, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell
  22. If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. – Jim Rohn
  23. If you dream it, you can do it. – Walt Disney
  24. Some people dream of success while others wake up and work. – Unknown
  25. It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
  26. Do or do not. There’s no try. – Yoda
  27. The world you desire can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, and it’s yours. – Ayn Rand
  28. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar
  29. Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. – Francis of Assisi
  30. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. – Arthur Ashe
  31. Find out what you like doing the best and get someone to pay you for doing it. – Katherine Whitehorn
  32. The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. – Ivy Baker Priest
  33. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Ryun
  34. Chase career relationships, not job postings. – John Tarnoff 
  35. Positive things happen to positive people. – Sarrah Beeny
  36. Even if you fall on your face, you are still moving forward. – Victor Kiam
  37. Success doesn’t come to you. You go to it. – Marva Collins
  38. A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn. – Hellen Keller
  39. Fail often so you can succeed sooner. -Tom Kelley
  40. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
  41. If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. – T. Harv Eker
  42. You don’t need a new day to start over; you only need a new mindset. – Hazel Miro Ozbek
  43. The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. – Aristotle Onassis
  44. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
  45. Learning never exhausts the mind. – Leonardo Da Vinci
  46. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. – Seneca
  47. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.- Jack London
  48. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. – Carl Sagan
  49. No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. – Robin Williams
  50. Be so good; they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin
  51. Fall seven times, and stand up eight. – Japanese proverb

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