Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

There is a great deal of reward when you do good work and people see how successful that work is and the happiness it brings to them.

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.

The thing that gives me the most pleasure in the world is knowing that I’m making a difference

I'd be lying if I said the success means nothing to me. It does. I enjoy it and live a pretty great life.

If you succeed in doing something good for the people, it gives you a great sense of satisfaction.

That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.

Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.

When you do something that works you have a happiness, but I don't know if it's a feeling of power. Power is a frightening thing and that's not what I'm interested in. I want to do certain things and make them right in my mind and that's it.

The key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on the fruits of your labor.

Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.

The days you work are the best days.

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

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

You know, it's just my dream came true.

It's dead nice to know I've achieved something.

Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It's very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted.

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

I am happy with what I've done.

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.

You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.

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

'Taxi Driver' was one of the happiest moments of my career.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

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

I'm happy with what I've achieved.