Fridtjof Nansen Quotes

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

Success only breeds a new goal

generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

I'm still fighting to get the things I want and to do the projects I want to do. I think it will always be a fight or a challenge, but not being in my comfort zone keeps me very excited and happy.

The days you work are the best days.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good.

When people ask me, 'Are you happy?' I respond with, 'You've asked the wrong question.' There is a deep kind of satisfaction you get from building a company. This kind of satisfaction transcends happy, sad, hard, or easy. I seek satisfaction. I want to be positively disruptive.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they're working themselves to the bone. People are more likely to feel adrift and unsatisfied when they have too much leisure time. Obstacles are good.

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.

I'm not sure if I'm most happy when I'm comfortable and content or when I'm pushing myself to the limits. There are such different versions of happy, and I really appreciate both.

I am very happy that I have great fans. What I can tell them is they must work on themselves; they should just have fun at what they do. I wish them well with everything, and if they really enjoy what they do, then I think they can go a long way. I will be rooting for them to achieve that.

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna be at. At times I questioned whether it was worth the sacrifice, but now I see it was.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

It's so rewarding the journey that I've been on.