Charlie Munger Quotes

The captains of industry do not keep on working for the sake of making money, but for the love of completing a job successfully.

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.

People only do their best at things they truly enjoy

I heard people say, 'Why would he want to do this?' My answer is 'Why not?' It is what I love. It's what I know.

When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

Most people know what to do, but they don't do what they know - because they haven't found their inner drive. Their passion.

Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.

The biggest thing for me is I don't want to let people down. At the same time I love things that scare me and challenge me. If your job doesn't do that and doesn't excite you there's no point in doing it.

You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you

The best advice I can give is to believe in yourself and to create new challenges no matter how far you get. Even if you think you earned it all or if you're considered the best in the world, keep challenging yourself because you're only as good as your last trick in the public's eye. But only do it because you love it. Don't do it because you think it's your ticket to fame or fortune. If that's the motivation and you reach any of those goals, you're not going to keep that passion.

Find something to do that you love because then the work itself is always the reward not the recompense. And if you love what you're doing you probably do better at it than doing something you don't love and therefore you'll be compensated appropriately.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

Creative people rarely need to be motivated-they have their own inner drive that refuses to be bored. They refuse to be complacent. They live on the edge, which is precisely what is needed to be successful and remain successful.

I am more interested in what moves people, than how they move.

Even though you make twelve hundred bucks a month, if I was making twelve hundred bucks a month to play baseball, I would have done it. I would have stayed.

I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business.

The secret is to find what you love to do.I mean, I tell the students look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. I mean, it's that simple. And I was lucky enough to find it very early in life. And then the second thing is to have people around you that make feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be.

Lasting motivation proceeds forth from the heart. People can be temporarily motivated by other people and things around them. Permanent, enduring motivation, however, can only come from within.

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in.

We only do well the things we like doing.

I have to have the sensibility to keep Versace company in good shape because there are so many people working for it, and we need to have the company grow and also be relevant. So I work very hard for all that to happen, and I wish people would know me for that and be satisfied.

What I've learned from the Pixar guys is 'If you work for the love of what you're doing, it's always going to come out right.' Cause if you're working for a paycheck then it's not going to work in the long run; it's not going to feed your heart and soul.

I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.