Priyamani Quotes

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

If you're proud of something, and if you're proud of your work at the end of the day, the experience, walking away, you can feel good about it; that's what you have to focus on.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

At the end of the day, most people just want to be valued. They want to feel they have put their time to something that will seem to have been of value when they die.

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

My father used to have an expression. He'd say, 'Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about your dignity. It's about respect. It's about your place in your community.'

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

We want to help everyone find meaning in their life and help translate the story that each person actually matters in the world.

I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution.

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

The thing that gives me the most pleasure in the world is knowing that I’m making a difference

I love working. I love it! It makes me feel awake and alive and appreciative, as does my family, but in a different way. If I was told I couldn't do it, I think I would wither and die.

Work has never really been work for me. It's been a natural extension of my life.

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

An exceptional career is one that provides an opportunity to serve. It is a satisfying career in which you can't wait to get up in the morning to begin! You have a sense of purpose and mission. You know why you do what you do. It is a response to a call to serve. Once we do that, everything flows positively.

At the end of the day, walk away feeling proud of what you have achieved.

The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.