The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.

- Mike Rowe

Anything worth doing hurts a little.

- Mike Rowe

We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.

- Mike Rowe

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

- Mike Rowe

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

- Mike Rowe

Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with 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

Opportunity usually shows up in overalls and looking like work.

- Mike Rowe

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always…

- Mike Rowe