Thomas S. Monson Quotes

My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.

My approach has always been to work so that I can support my family.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

Money does not motivate me as long as I can provide for my children.

Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.

I told my mom for years that I wanted to be a manicurist, and she'd always be like, 'But what if you went to college and you got a degree?' She'd try to explain how I could actually do a thing that would make me a ton of money, or that I didn't have to just pick the business that was closest to our house.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.

I never think career.

My entire career, I've been a worker.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

What I want out of my career is just to work.

My career has been very strange. My career is like a heart monitor. I get involved in a good project now and then to keep things going. And then I make things that I work on that I hope are going to be good so I can make a living and keep a roof over the heads of those little monsters I have in my house.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.

I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'