Henry Louis Gates Jr. Quotes

...It's easier to find a way to make money at something you love than to learn to love a job that you can make money at.

My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do.

I'm pretty much a workaholic, but when you're doing what you love it's hard to think of a reason to stop.

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

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.

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.

How many people are not as good as they could be at their job because they don't love it? They're not passionate about it. If you don't like something, why are you doing it?

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'm a firm believer in people who love what they do.

You've got to love what you do to really make things happen.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

I love every minute of my work.

I learned that you have to fall in love with what you are doing and then you will enjoy it.

If you love what you're doing, it doesn't feel like work.

It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.

My career is my life and my passion. It's not a job, it's my life.

I believe if you're not completely in love with what you're doing, you'd better find another profession.

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

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.

The thing that is really hard about adaptation is that I try to only pick things I love because if it is something where you think, "Oh, that sounds like an interesting idea but I don't love it," then I can't do my job well.

As frustrating as it gets, at times, and as frustrating as it is, at times, I don't think I've ever considered doing something else, or not wanted to do it anymore. To me, it's just the greatest job. It's a good fit for who I am and what I want to be.

The most important thing in life is to love what you’re dong, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.