Ken Robinson Quotes

Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going...everything else falls into place.

I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

Follow your heart's truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love.

I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

I learned to really pursue things I really wanted. If it is just for the money, that's not going to work out. You have to like it.

Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

Love what you do, or don't do it. Don't make a choice of any kind, whether in career or in life, just because it pleases others or because it ranks high on someone else's scale of achievement...Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

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

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it!

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

You pursue what you love, and if you find beauty or truth, you go with that.

I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

I love what I do, and I'm not doing anything either for money or for the sake of some unfulfilled ambition.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

I have a lot of friends who get up most mornings and go to jobs they absolutely hate. I don't think that's what life is about and I'm so fortunate that I actually love what I do.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.