Sargent Shriver Quotes

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

Do I think people who need a good opportunity become harder workers sometimes? Yes.

I would never have got involved in something that just meant turning up at eight and leaving at five.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

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

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

The last thing I wanted was a big paycheck but no inspiration or support.

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.

Work cures everything.

I have to work, for my soul.

I like to work. I believe that work helps us find our self worth.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

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

When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore. I always want it to be something I'm interested in and something that challenges me.