Janet Yellen Quotes

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.

If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

If you're not working on something you're passionate about, it's a long, hard road.

I don't think you can say yes to every opportunity and work the weekends and work the overnight shift unless you're really passionate about your job. So I encourage everyone to find their passion and go for it.

Never give up searching for the job that you're passionate about.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I feel like I was born to do this... I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.

I've spent my life following my passion.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.

I don't know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn't know what.