Darcey Bussell Quotes

When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.

For me, having it all doesn't mean having the corner office at work and a penthouse at home if there aren't kids running around as I'm trying to cook my husband something special.

If you can build your career around your passions, then you're winning in life; that's one of the best things you can ask for.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

I have my own show. I get to work in Hollywood on my own project. If I can still make it back home by eight to put the kids in bed, then wow: I am having my cake and eating it, too.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.

If I am happy in my personal life, I will be happy in my profession.

I want to work. I'd be unsatisfied if I couldn't be pursuing this. But I love my family more. This is really life.

Everyone wants to be happy - people find happiness in different ways. While you want to pursue your career 100 percent, I think it is very hard to give 100 percent in something else. It's important to find this balance, and priorities change throughout life.

I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.

The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.

I wouldn't be able to have the successes in my career if it weren't for the happiness in my personal life.

I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.

I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position.

My work is my ultimate source of happiness.

I support my wife. I want her to have a career. I want her to be happy, to have success at what she does.

I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when it's out.

It's great being a dad. It's like anyone, if things aren't going well at work, and you go home and see your missus and kid, then it cheers you up straight away.

A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job.

I encourage others to choose a career they are passionate about and can do for the rest of their lives.

When I work, I enjoy myself and feel happy.