Soichiro Honda Quotes

The happiest people are those who have learned to mix play with their work and to bind the two together with enthusiasm.

I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen.

There's not anyone in particular I'd like to work with. I just want to continue doing work that I have a passion for.

I guess just enjoying what you do and always wanting more of that enjoyment, satisfaction, and putting something together creatively - that gives me a lot of happiness.

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.

Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!

It's difficult to beat making your living thinking and writing about subjects that matter to you.

When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince.

There is nothing more marvelous than doing something you love to do and getting paid for it. It ceases to become work, money, and effort; and it becomes fun, your expression of the joy of life.

What I've learned from the Pixar guys is 'If you work for the love of what you're doing, it's always going to come out right.' Cause if you're working for a paycheck then it's not going to work in the long run; it's not going to feed your heart and soul.

It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you're already a success.

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.

Working at what you enjoy is far more important than what you're working at.

When you love what you do, it pays off, and that's the best reward you could have.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

It's almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

I kind of love my work. I really love the pieces I do.

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.

For me, living and making music, they're one thing. It's not like a job that I go to a studio to do, or a chore that I have to get myself in the mood to do, or something. It's the thing that I need to do every day.

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.