Howard Gardner Quotes

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

I’m doing this because I like it.

When I went to school, I was in the same mode. I did the things I enjoyed, what I loved.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it. What has stayed with me are not the facts they imparted, but the excitement about learning they inspired.

It doesn't really matter where the opportunity comes from, as long as I have fun doing the work.

It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for.

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

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.

I don't play golf or tennis, I don't ski, I don't snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

When you like something, you find time to do it.

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

As long as you're having fun, that's the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it's over.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored.

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

I look for stuff that I'm passionate about.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.

Those who care, teach. Those who love, teach. Those who can, teach.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.

When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore. I always want it to be something I'm interested in and something that challenges me.