John Ruskin Quotes

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.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

When you act, you really have to give all of yourself, and if you're doing that purely for money, it's not healthy.

I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.

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.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

I don't play for money. I'm not sure I even can play just for money. Money is great; I can't lie about that.

It's music. It's supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it because it was my 'job,' and I only did it to make money, I don't think I'd still be doing it.

I am not motivated by money.

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.

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.

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

I've hit a point where my big luxury is getting to work on the things I want to work on. That's my hobby. It's being able to do a movie like 'Chef,' where you don't get paid, where you get paid scale, but you get to do exactly the movie you want to do. To me, that's worth more to me than whatever money I would have gotten paid.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

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

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that I don't think of them as work in the usual sense of the word.

It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.

In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it.

Work for work's sake doesn't thrill me, but when I'm in the zone, I'm creative, and the expression is free.