David H. Murdock Quotes

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose.

I feel alive, fit and active. I have no plans for retirement. My only concession to getting a little older is that I like to have a cat-nap in the afternoon. After that, I can push on through anything.

I've dealt with losing close ones before, and I've been around friends that have lost friends at a young age. I think it's important to think about - not necessarily death, but about life and think about where you're going and how you want to be remembered and the legacy you want to leave.

I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do.

Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do.

I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.

I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.

I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box.