Work Quotes

"A journalist who is comfortable is a journalist who is not doing their job properly."

"Journalism is about connection—connecting the suffering of distant places to the conscience of the world."

"Journalism without risk is journalism without relevance."

"A journalist who stops asking difficult questions is no longer serving the public."

"Journalism is about creating a conversation between the world's suffering and the world's conscience."

"A journalist must be willing to sacrifice comfort for truth."

"A good journalist is a professional storyteller with the ethics of a truth-seeker."

"I get paid for my point of view. Not my knowledge of facts."

"Everybody who ever lived has to go to work when they would prefer to play."

"I have spent more time thinking about my life as a journalist than about anything else."

"Professionalism is a code word for creativity."

"Do what you love and the money will follow—said no rational person ever."

"Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do."

"I've always believed that hard work matters more than talent."

"The work is never finished, but that doesn't mean the work isn't worth doing."

"The most important work often doesn't feel important while you're doing it."

"Work that matters sustains the soul."

"Work is worship when done with integrity."

"The middle class is the foundation of stable societies."

"Motivation without discipline is a fantasy."

"Your life's work should be something that makes you forget to check the time."

"The work of journalism is the work of democracy itself."

"Your audience deserves your best thinking, not your fastest reaction."

"To work for justice is to work for your own liberation."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"I believe that work should be meaningful."

"Work that matters is work that serves something larger than yourself."

"Journalism demands that you show up, pay attention, and refuse to look away."

"The role of a journalist is to be the eyes and ears for those who cannot witness it themselves."

"The real measure of a journalist isn't how many stories they've covered, but how well they've told them."