David McCullough Quotes

When you love what you do, it pays off, and that's the best reward you could have.

When you start doing what you love to do, you will never work another day in your life.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

I'm very lucky that I love what I do. I've never thought of it as work. I've never done it for the money.

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.

All work is empty save when there is love.

Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.

I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or fame, its about finding a livelihood that brings me joy and self-sufficiency and a sense of contributing to the world.

When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

The best part of getting to do what you like is just doing it. That doesn't have to do with being famous or even successful or even powerful. I see people in life who are just doing a job and seem to be having a good time. And that's the trick.

What I do for a living and how I unwind are one and the same; it's a rare special thing.

Love what you do or don't do it.

Working at what you enjoy is far more important than what you're working at.

If you actually do something you love it's a lot easier and takes on a lot more purpose.

Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work.

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.

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

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

People who are passionate about what they do reach financial comfort and wealth more often than those who are not. That argues for doing one of two things. Finding your passion and pursuing it. Or becoming passionate about what you're already pursuing.

It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it.

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