"I think a person who takes a..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen.
More by Joseph Campbell
“What we're learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we're getting information. There's a curious reluctance on the part of faculties to indicate the life values of their subjects.”
“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
“Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.”
More on Work
“I've always wanted an office job so I can tell someone, "I'm going to take a long lunch," or "I'm out of the office." I don't know why, but I've always seen so much stability in clocking in.”
“If you are not learning while you’re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.”
“If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.”
More on Purpose
“We have not long to live in any event. Let us spend what is left in seeking the unpeopled world behind the sunrise.”
“If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable”
“It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.”