Studs Terkel Quotes

I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it just becomes a day job. It just becomes factory work and I get really frustrated.

People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.

I never thought that I would treasure doing my job, and I have reached that point. I've gotten to a point where it's like the priesthood: this is what I was called to do.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

The most important lesson I've learned is how rich and rewarding life is when one can engage in meaningful work, whether on the job or outside of work.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

I think there's a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now?

Almost any job can make us better human beings if we do it with passion.

If your work becomes a source of enjoyment and a challenge, it will never seem like work - it will be fun. If you ever feel that your work is a burden, there is no point carrying on with it.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

I don't want to work to make money. I want to work to work.

There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.

I love working. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

I believe that work is essential to human well-being.

Whatever what your job is, you want to do a job that matters.

For me, it's beautiful when career and passion come together.