James C. Collins Quotes

The times in my life when I have been most happy haven't been the times when I have had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I've been in love or in community or right with people.

Every aspect of your life, whether it's a task or relationship, personal or professional, will be based on love and joy. And when you get right down to it, nothing else really matters.

Money to some extent sometimes let you be in more interesting environments. But it can't change how many people love you or how healthy you are.

Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to have love you, do love you.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships.

A lot of people might define a life well lived by how much is in the bank. I feel like it's how much you laugh.

I do what I love and have people around me that I care about.

The reason for living is to have great relationships, to have people you love and respect and who love and respect you.

Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.

While falling in love is fun, it's not everything, and it's not the antidote to an unfulfilled life, despite what Reese Witherspoon movies may tell you.

We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.

All that matters is love and work.

You should be able to have happiness. If you don't have that, then you're not really bringing your whole self to the relationship.

I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I can just live a life where I'm surrounded by people that I love.

He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.

Stick with the people who love you and don’t spend a single second on the rest. Life will be better that way.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!