Bob Black Quotes

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

My profession has helped me to grow up.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

Work is spiritual. It is a place where we have the opportunity for spiritual growth. Often, these opportunities come from the 'how' of the ways we do our work rather than the 'what' of the work itself.

I don't want to keep doing the same thing over and over for the rest of my life.

Training has been really good to me over the years. It's bettered the quality of my life.

I came to Chelsea to work, to keep learning and to keep improving.

What's wrong with wanting to be better at your job?

I've grown and changed, and I'm still making television and movies that I feel really proud of.

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day - even if someone's not paying you to do it. Try to balance your social life with your educational (or professional) life, and have patience.

I want to keep developing. I want to become relaxed in my own work and go deeper. Just growing and studying and trying new things and hopefully having professional access to work that's good and interesting. I don't want to be on the treadmill of artificiality.

My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you can make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune... Income seldom exceeds personal development.

I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who have the right ingredients. But sometimes it is more difficult to get them to accept the fact that they can take on increasing responsibility. Oftentimes individuals will decide how far [they] go by how much work they're willing to put in and how quick they are to ask for help. Too many people have this deep-seated fear that if they ask for help, they will be thought less of.

When you build a career, you should never imitate anybody.

You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.

Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.

Don't just let your business or your job make something for you; let it make something of you.

Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.

Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .

Education doesn't cease when you leave college or leave the university. Education is a lifetime process.

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.