The Best Inspirational Career Quotes

Motivation is what drives us to achieve our goals in every aspect of life, particularly our career. Being motivated keeps you focused on ready take on just about any challenge ahead. The motivation isn’t constant, it fluctuates. Sometimes it’s up and sometimes it goes down making us feel reluctant to do anything.

How many times you didn’t feel like doing anything and firmly achieving the goals you’ve set would be impossible? We have all been there at one point or another. In those difficult times, you just need something to pick you up, a motivation boost to show you the light at the end of the tunnel.

Inspirational career quotes always do the trick. Here are the best quotes to remember.

Nigerian Girl At Harvard Makes List of Smartest Teenagers, Meets Obama

19 year old Nigerian Saheela Ibraheem, Harvard student, has been recognized as one of the world's 50 smartest teenagers. At 15, she was accepted for admission by 13 top colleges in the United States, including the MIT, Columbia, Princeton and six other Ivy league colleges. She chose Harvard.

And at 19, she'll be graduating from Harvard in May this year. Saheela also had the opportunity to meet President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama. See more photos of her below...

17 Year Old Lydia Ko Becomes Golf Youngest Number 1 Ever!

Born in South Korea and now living in New Zealand, Lydia Ko has become the youngest world number one in golf history by reaching the top of the women's rankings aged 17. Ko secured the number one ranking by finishing in a tie for second at the LPGA Coates Championship  in Florida.

Lydia Ko beats South Korean Jiyai Shin who had been the youngest player to top the women's rankings, aged 22 in 2010. She also beats Tiger Woods, who became men's world number one in 1997 when he was already 21. This makes her the youngest of any gender to reach the Number 1 ranking.

Beautiful Plus-Size Tess Holliday In Vogue Campaign After Being Discovered On Instagram

Tess Holliday was bullied since her childhood because of her size. As she grew older and expressed interest in modelling as a career, she was told that she was too short and too fat but she persisited and now her consistency and hardwork has paid off. Tess landed a modeling contract and is the face of a new lingerie print campaign in Vogue magazine.

After Tess began posting professional images of herself on Instagram, she was discovered and signed to MiLK Model Management. She's the first plus-size model of her size and height to be signed to a modeling agency.

Delay Is Not Denial - Woman Marries At 43, Has Her First Child At 60

Paul and Tunrayo Alagbe were married on September 3, 1998 and had their first child on December 29, 2014. RITA OKONOBOH chronicles the couple’s journey through the years of trials to the unfolding of boundless blessings.

I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him (Psalm 40: 1-3).

'Ghost Boy' Martin Pistorius Awakes From 12 Years Virtual Coma - Mother Said 'I Hope You Die'

Martin Pistorius became a virtual 'vegetable' after falling into an unexplained coma when he was just 12 years old. He awoke after 12 years describing how he heard everything that was said, including his mother saying; "I hope you die." He survived and was the first guest on NPR's new radio show about human behavior, Invisibilia.

Martin describes his coma as being trapped inside a weakened, helpless body, unable to speak or move, but with his brain active. Because of his age, he had only children's programs to keep him company most of the time. He says it was his burning desire to get away from Barney, the always happy, dancing, purple dinosaur - whom he hated - that gave him the impetus to find a way to communicate.

4 Mobile Apps To Help The Busy Working Woman Achieve Work And Family Life Balance

By Jeroh Tejiri

We all know the personal story of Indra Nooyi - CEO of PepsiCo - how she juxtaposes being one of the most powerful CEOs of our time and the routine that comes with being a mother of two. She has talked about the importance of multi-tasking, delegating responsibilities to reduce your personal workload and having an understanding husband.

While these  are quite inspiring, they may have little to no traction in for all women. Sometimes, the average husband may not be so ‘understanding’, or the mother-in-law may be too busy with her own life, and some househelps can be very ‘unprofessional', thereby making delegating responsibilities a nightmare.

The above issues makes the implementation of some work-life productivity tips quite daunting and creates a void which I believe technology can provide some relief in its own way. Below are real tips on using your smart devices to create the needed balance in your professional and domestic life.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde On The Meaning of Success, Her Childhood And Staying Scandal Free

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that she had a humble background and still feels passionate about the divide between poverty and wealth, Makoko and Island. The actress, activist and philanthropist also talks about what success means to her, her fears, achievements and being scandal-free. Excerpts from the interview, with Sunday Sun, follow...

Can you give us tips on how to be a success­ful woman?
It actually starts with character, personality and what beliefs. Everything wrong today actually started from the content of a character. Are you immoral or are you straight forward enough to actually say something and carry through with it. Is the content of your character strong enough? I believe that for you to be great in anything, you have to be someone anyone can trust.you believe in. It stems from your moral.

Can you define what success means to you?
I think success is when God is happy with you. When the closest people around you are happy with you and when your soul is at peace with you.

#Bossladies - Women: Inspiration and Enterprise Africa Event in Lagos

So many notable and inspirational women turned out for the Women: Inspiration and Enterprise Africa Event held last week in Lagos. Above is Ngozi Coker, Dakore Egbuson Akande, Uche Pedro of Bellanaija and Bola Balogun. Others who attended include Biola Alabi, Fola Alakija, Isha Sesay, and more.

A Plastic Bag That Will Make Difficult Labor and Delivery Easier and Safer for Mothers and Unborn Babies

Talk about making baby delivery safer for both mother and baby without breaking the bank! Starting as an idea on someone's kitchen counter seven years ago, doctors now believe this device shown above has the potential to save lots of babies distressed during delivery in poor countries, and can also reduce cesarean section births in richer countries.

5 Ways To Make and Keep Friends and Be Loved By Everyone

Before applying the secret, ask yourself if and why you may want to be loved by everyone. The reality is that you are NOT going to be loved by everyone no matter how nice, beautiful or agreeable you are. That said: there is a secret to being loved by almost everyone.

Two Nigerian Journalists Emerge Winners at the CNN/MultiChoice Awards

Toyosi Ogunseye in 2011

Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye and Tolu Ogunlesi have won in a couple of the categories in this year’s CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year awards. Toyosi Ogunseye, Sunday Punch Editor, won the Environment prize, and Tolu Ogunlesi , a freelance journalist with Ventures Africa won the Economy and Business reporting prize.

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The Future Awards Africa 2013 Announces Shortlist For All Categories Of The Awards

The Future Awards Africa 2013 has just announced the shortlist for all categories of the Awards. Chude Jideonwo of The Future Project, organizers the awards, says of the nomination process - which included both a board of judges and an independent Audit Committee- "there was a period of intense research and verification of nominees before the final selection process."

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