Howard Schultz Quotes

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

In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.

I think it's fun to have work that you can relate to, that you can feel like is meaningful.

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

There's a trend for people wanting more meaning in their work and pursuing something in the day-to-day that is valuable rather than working as a means to the end.

I just want to do stuff that gives me work satisfaction.

I feel like there are some careers that do have a higher meaning.

To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life.

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

The majority of people consider their work a means to an end. People who work for money only come to the end faster than people who are involved in their life’s purpose every day.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

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

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

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.

This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.

You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself.

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

Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

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.

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.