Leontyne Price Quotes

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.

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

I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun.

Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast.

To get an award for something you are having a ball doing is a real buzz.

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

Anytime you get rewarded for all the work you put into this game, you're going to be happy about it.

I try to focus on what I love doing and if those things, those awards, those accolades, those tickets keep selling and coming like they are doing, I'm going to relish in it and live my life the best way I know how and be grateful.

It's crazy to think about getting recognized for something you just love to do.

I never consider what I do as work. It has been fun. It's been rewarding and very fulfilling.

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

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

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

Winning tastes good.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

I want to be happy. I realized that being happy isn't necessarily about getting there, it's how you get there. It almost sounds like a cliche, but every entrepreneur I've talked to - every good entrepreneur - really enjoys the 'how you get here.'

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

I think that success is having fun.

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.

Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.