Top 45 Quotes by Charles Kuralt

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7.

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

It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.