Amy Poehler Quotes

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.

I just keep on playing what I love.

Most importantly, I don't do music for people to want to be a singer, actor, or dancer. I do it because I love it and I want to show others you can accomplish goals.

If you're making something you're passionate about, it's not going to feel like work.

When you do what you love, you do not feel the pressure.

To me acting is a hobby and I'm inspired by it. And if I'm going to spend time doing something that I'm not really inspired to do, then why am I doing it? I don't know if that sounds sort of new agey or whatever, but it's true. I've been lucky enough to have a musical career that has gone pretty good and acting is something I have always wanted to do.

If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.

If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.

I'm motivated by the laughter, honestly. It's really not about the money or being more famous. I really love creativity.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

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

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work.

Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.

When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.

Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.

This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music.

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.