Charles Lamb Quotes

Nothing gives quite the satisfaction that doing things brings.

We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.

He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

Leisure time is only leisure time when it is earned; otherwise, leisure time devolves into soul-killing lassitude. There's a reason so many new retirees, freed from the treadmill of work, promptly keel over on the golf course: Work fulfills us. It keeps us going.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

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.

I'm really busy, but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

I'm living what I always wanted to do.

I am happy with what I've done.

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

I'm happy with what I've achieved.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

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

I'm always so proud of everything I work on. I love seeing it.

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it.

It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.

The only way to have time is to shut down and then do what you want to do.

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

Time hygiene is about finding more time for ourselves: to think, to do what we like.