Adriana Trigiani Quotes

My two careers have been very service-oriented.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful.

Work to me is a sacred thing.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

I'm very lucky that I love what I do. I've never thought of it as work. I've never done it for the money.

Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

Our job, as writers is to do our jobs.

Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.

I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.

Work has been the central column for most of my life; it has always been my identity.

Everyone has a job to do; that's how I see it.

Work's a way of life. It's the way you live; it's what you do, and it's how it is. It's not work. It's a lifestyle. It's life. It's what one does. You can't not work.

Everybody has a job to do and I'm no different.

I have a job to do, so I'm gonna do it.

Writing is more important than being a writer.

I'm passionate about what I do.

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love in service to mankind.