Brenda Ueland Quotes

Know that it is good to work. Work with love and think of liking it when you do it.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.

I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day.

I'm very lucky to have a job that I love.

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.

My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.

I love what I do, I love my job.

I love every minute of my work.

I was very afraid of failure because if you fail at something you love, then you ruin what you love.

I am doing what I love to do.

I wouldn't do my roles if I really hated it. I've done things I hated, but I didn't go into them thinking I would hate them. I want to have fun. I don't want to go to work and not enjoy it. So if I'm swirling around on some wires, talking to Fred Flintstone, I make it the funnest I can. I also want to be good at it. I don't want to be a crap cartoon character. I want to be proud I'm a vitamin!

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.

You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights.

Creativity means enjoying any work as meditation; doing any work with deep love.

I happen to be blessed with loving what I do for a living. I love acting and I'm so fortunate to be able to work in this business. And I get these marvelous letters about how encouraging it is to see someone making the most of their time and still enjoying it.

I love to work. Doing things we love is how we relax, I think.

I'm very fortunate because I love what I'm doing.

Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask myself, is my work fun and does it make me happy? I believe that the answer to that is more important than fame or fortune. If it stops being fun, I ask why? If I can't fix it, I stop doing it.

You gotta love everything you do. You just gotta do it.

Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves with any kind of job we have that we kind of forget that we do this because it's supposed to be fun because we love it.