Professional Identity Quotes

#1. I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

Bella Abzug

#2. Grinberg (1983), in exploring the analyst's professional identity, stresses a particular kind of curiosity regarding the mind and psychic reality, a curiosity that extends to the analyst's own psychic functioning; Grinberg

Otto F. Kernberg

#3. For me, the essence of being a professional soldier was in being operational. It was the core of a soldier's identity and eligibility.

Thomas Rathsack

#4. Always, always lead by example. Those whom you lead will be quick to grasp the true identity of a truly professional NCO and will be more willing to follow, obey and persevere.

Silas L. Copeland

#5. The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

Twyla Tharp

#6. Not all Muslims wish to express themselves in public through a communal religious identity. Identities are multiple, and some may wish to speak instead just as citizens in their professional capacity, through their political party, or their neighborhood body.

Maajid Nawaz

#7. Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.

Mahesh Bhupathi

#8. The tendency is to think if you are a professional woman, it's because you've turned your back on the traditional side. The tendency is not to recognize that we can excel as professionals without giving up our identity of being mother, wife and homemaker.

Lucille Roybal-Allard