Ada Lovelace Quotes

I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

I think that success is having fun.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

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 feel true success comes from being able to work and the love for it.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.

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.

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

It is not sacrifice if you love what you're doing.

There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work.

I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.