Valerie Jarrett Quotes

I don't want only a career.

I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.

My two things I always said is, No. 1, I'd be retired by the time I had my first kid, and No. 2, I'd be retired by the time I was 30.

I want more job. I want to die entertaining.

I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.

Somehow, I always knew I would get married by the time I was 27. Even in college, I had this weird thing in my head that I would get married when I was 27, and hopefully my career would be stable, and I'll have kids by 30. And that's exactly what has happened.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

You want to provide for your family, of course, but you also want them to come along on the journey with you. I haven't achieved all I want to with my life, so I need to continue to push myself.

My dream job has already happened.

I want to work and be happy.

You're always thinking, What's the next move - the career, the money.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

I never had a time line for my life. I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 and have three kids by the time I was 32.

In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.

I know that I'm in the minority to be able to keep working all these years. But I want more!

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

It's a good idea to have your career intact and then have children.

I've always said I'm gonna work the road as hard as I can 'til I'm 50, then I might slow down a little bit.

Having kids and a relationship at such an early age definitely built up my hunger and perseverance to succeed.

And I always was getting fired and quitting jobs, so I was not going to ruin Public Storage, and I was excited about Public Storage because I knew eventually I could be one of those property manager people that had their own apartment on site. So I had these big dreams for Public Storage.

I want to get the maximum out of my career. Football is my life. And when my career is over, I want to look after my family to help my children. That is all.

I knew that I always wanted to work even after I got married.