Quote

Creating the Minerva Awards. I really have enjoyed that. I have to say that I moaned and groaned about this job but the way I have it now, I enjoy everything about it... I enjoy giving people service opportunities.

Maria Shriver

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Maria Shriver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 6
Actor
Feminist
Journalist
Lawyer
News Presenter
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Maria Owings Shriver
Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger
People
Creating
Opportunity
Moaned
Enjoy
Minerva
Jobs
Groaned
Everything
Awards
Giving
Opportunities
Really
Enjoyed
Way
Service

More quotes by Maria Shriver

Image
We've witnessed history in the making.
Maria Shriver
Image
I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.
Maria Shriver
Image
God puts mentors in your path. They may not look like you, sound like you, or be what you expect. But they always know more that you.
Maria Shriver
Image
Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?
Maria Shriver
Image
I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me.
Maria Shriver
Image
People think, 'Oh my goodness! I have to do something really big.' You don't. Do what you love. There's a great quote from a poet I use all the time: 'Instead of asking what the world needs, ask yourself what you love,' because what the world needs is more people doing what they love.
Maria Shriver
Image
We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?
Maria Shriver
Image
I’m trying to get away from roles. I used to identify myself strictly in terms of my role, but when your roles fall away, part of you falls with them.
Maria Shriver
Image
I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.
Maria Shriver
Image
Poetry can startle you, awaken you, make you fall in love, take your breath away. When those words sink in, you'll never look at your life or your journey the same way again.
Maria Shriver
Image
Take off your armor dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.
Maria Shriver
Image
Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.
Maria Shriver
Image
What we heard loud and clear is that the Battle Between the Sexes is over. It was a draw. Now we're engaged in Negotiation Between the Sexes.
Maria Shriver
Image
I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.
Maria Shriver
Image
Make time in your life to listen to your own voice. Do not let it get drowned out by others. Your voice is yours and yours alone. Stay in touch with it and use it.
Maria Shriver
Image
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
Maria Shriver
Image
I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with Maria Shriver, newswoman. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, 'Well, actually, who am I today?
Maria Shriver
Image
I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.
Maria Shriver
Image
Investing in women, helping women to achieve their dreams, sending young girls to college. Trying to train young girls to be leaders. Sponsoring the Minerva Awards. All of these programs didn't exist before that help women day in and day out.
Maria Shriver
Image
When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.
Maria Shriver