Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there’s still a thing called opportunity, and that’s what people need to pursue.

Mike Rowe

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. Many people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.

Mike Rowe

The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.
Mike Rowe

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.
Mike Rowe

What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you. 

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know. 

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic. 

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein