The right words can stir up an emotion, trigger a memory and inflame an aspiration. Or, in the case of these quotes about work and travel, all three at once. Just think back on your best vacation or journey; then, imagine your ideal job. How would it feel if you could drop that perfect position into that favorite place?
Unless you’re already lucky enough to live and work in paradise, maybe it’s time to consider a move. Let these insightful comments tempt you to go.
Quotes to stir a little wanderlust for that job abroad…
1. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain
2. If you really want to learn about a country, work there. – Charles Kuralt
3. Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. – Vincent Van Gogh
4. Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. – Andrew Carnegie
5. I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. – Steve Jobs
6. Don’t sit on the fence; break it and move out! Don’t be confined to the little things you do; the sky should be below your limit! – Israelmore Ayivor
7. There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age? – Warren Buffet
Still need some convincing? Quotes to cheer you on as you consider living and working abroad…
8. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. – Steve Jobs
9. Happiness is a journey. Not a destination. – Ben Sweetland
10. Vacation, I go there in my mind. Especially when I’m at work, getting paid for it. – Jarod Kintz
11. What paradise and vacation have in common is that you have to pay for both, and the coin is your previous life. – Joseph Brodsky
12. What I found appealing in life abroad was the inevitable sense of helplessness it would inspire. Equally exciting would be the work involved in overcoming that helplessness. There would be a goal involved, and I liked having goals. – David Sedaris
13. Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul. – Anonymous
14. Our life doesn’t go on a plan. We just have to keep on working for what we are living for. – Analiza Garcia
Quotes to celebrate that special moment when you find the the right place and employment…
15. To work for the sheer joy of it, to wake up and be really excited on a Monday, to love what you do so much that the idea of a long vacation looks boring – that’s living. – Manoj Arora
16. Don’t pick a job with great vacation time. Pick one that doesn’t need escaping from. – Sukh Sandhu
17. I wear my job like a robe. I can’t wait to take it off. I vacation like a nudist showers – in the rain, under an umbrella, with five judges watching and awarding style points. – Jarod Kintz
18. When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you’ve landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And yes, I’ve had a few good meals. – Toby Jones
19. Learn to balance a dream and a job, until your dream becomes your job. – Anonymous
20. Sal, straight, no matter where I live, my trunk’s always sticking out from under the bed, I’m ready to leave or get thrown out. I’ve decided to leave everything out of my hands. You’ve seen me try and break my ass to make it and you know that it doesn’t matter and we know time – how to slow it up and walk and dig and just old-fashioned spade kicks, what other kicks are there? We know. – Jack Kerouac
21. My normal life is like being on holiday. – Valentino Rossi