Soledad O'Brien Quotes

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.

Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.'

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion.

I realized that it was great to have a job, but it didn't have anything remotely to do with what I was striving for, so why was I doing it?

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else.

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

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.

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.

It's a blessing to have work that feels fulfilling.

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

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?

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.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.

I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.