Michel Faber Quotes

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.

I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort

A calling is the place where your gifts, abilities, desires, and feelings of worth all meet. When you follow your calling, you feel at home, at peace - you feel as though you're where you're meant to be.

I have inner peace; I have accomplished a great deal.

A job is something you do for money. Your life's work is done for a bigger purpose... And when you manage to find that work - that's when it starts feeling like play.

You need to be able to find joy in something that requires so much of yourself. I have to have that deeper meaning in my work and in my everyday life.

That's what drives me - to be able to help people get to their own calling and find their own peace.

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

I think that most people will spend their whole life not figuring out what they're meant to do, or figuring out what they're meant to do on their way to do something else. So I just feel lucky that I know what I love to do. Everything else figures itself out.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

Through acting and film, I felt that my life had a sense to it. I felt I had a mission.

Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That's your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer's life? That's your purpose.

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

I'm still doing something I love to do.

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.

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.