Jill Wagner Quotes

Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.

I don't work at something because I think it's important. I work at things that, to me, are interesting.

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.

I don't believe I want to retire, because I just enjoy and love my work so much.

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.

I feel immensely blessed - not just that I'm working, but that I'm working on projects that I really care about and like. I've always been that way.

I just want to do stuff that gives me work satisfaction.

I don't want to take up a project for the sake of it. I want to work and follow my passion, and not anything else.

The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.

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

I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen.

The secret to happiness is to be working at your passion. If you want to be miserable, lead a desperate life like everybody else where they drag their asses to work everyday because they hate their job.

We [actors] are so lucky to do jobs that fulfill us and make us happy. We don't go to work thinking okay, we're working to put food in the fridge. We are doing that too, but we're working because we love what we do.

Intellectually, I loved my job, but I didn't get any meaning from it.

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.

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

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.

Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.

It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product that is being sold.

I spent my time very nicely in many ways, but not fully satisfactory. Then I became Professor in France, but realized that I was not - for the job that I should spend my life in.