Orison Swett Marden Quotes

I can't just look at my position as a job. It's my passion.

I never thought that I would treasure doing my job, and I have reached that point. I've gotten to a point where it's like the priesthood: this is what I was called to do.

Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

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

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.

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

Almost any job can make us better human beings if we do it with passion.

Every job I do, I feel like it is an amazing opportunity. I try to throw myself into every role with everything I have.

I love what I do. I'm passionate about what I do. I live for what I do. And every morning, I can't wait to stop sleeping and to jump up and get out of bed and start doing what I do.

Shoot, I go to work. That's what we're built to do. I know it's work and it's play - but it's my job and I love doing it.

I don't have much in life but my work is what makes me alive.

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.

For me, it's beautiful when career and passion come together.

You've got to find a sweet spot where you skill meets your passion, meets your job.

The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation that's an avocation, a job that's really a hobby, then you'll be way ahead of the game. You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.

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

Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.

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

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

To work is to feel alive.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

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 do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.