Art Linkletter Quotes

I'm in this wonderful place of life, where everything I'm doing is something I do because I enjoy it.

Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the money thing. I now don't feel guilty about it, but I am determined to give away the bulk of it and enjoy doing it.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

To me, spending your life doing what you love is a gift. Everyone enjoys different walks of life, so find what you love to do and try to make a living at it.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

I do things that I actually love and understand.

I'm really happy to be able to live my life doing what I love.

I'm very ambitious. But my overall goal, above ambition, is that I want to be happy with what I'm doing, and I want to be happy with myself.

I actually think most people do what they love because it's really important to them.

A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

The money, the fame, if that comes, that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, my aim is to go to sleep at night content and have a purpose, and to know that I'm not swapping my life for money and some mind-numbing boring job, making easy money and protecting my brain.

It's not about earning a paycheck, it's about doing something good that you believe in.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

I'm grateful for every chance I get to do something I love and have a passion for.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.