Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes

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

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.

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.

Motivation is like love and happiness. It's a by-product. When you're actively engaged in doing something, it sneaks up and zaps you when you least expect it.

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

I have never been motivated by money.

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

I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.

You want to do good things, and once you've done a couple of good things in a row, you think 'Well gee, let's not mess this up.' But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.

To make a living from doing something I love is fantastic. As long as people want to listen to me, I'll keep doing it. In fact, to tell you the truth, even if no one did want to listen to me, I'd still be doing it!

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

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

I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

For me, my passion is just to play the game, it doesn't matter if no one comes to the stadium to watch.

I'm one of those people that do what I do because I love it.

Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.

I actually think most people do what they love because it's really important to them.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

Whatever you dream is you find a way to get there, even if you're not paid a lot. Do it for the love of what you do.

Love, like virtue, is its own reward.

Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self.

Whatever career you're in, assume it's going to be a massive failure. That way, you're not making decisions based on success, money and career. You're only making it based on doing what you love.