Leon Russell Quotes

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

I want to work and be happy.

I have to work, for my soul.

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

work is happiness. No one can take my work from me and therefore no one can take my happiness from me.

I'm not a masochist. I'm simply into trying to enjoy what I do, because otherwise there's no point.

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

The European style of living is seductive: fewer hours worked, more hours at the cafe, less concern over self-betterment. But that style of living does not produce a purposeful life.

My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.

The most important lesson I've learned is how rich and rewarding life is when one can engage in meaningful work, whether on the job or outside of work.

My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

Thank God, I have the opportunity to do what I love, which is my family and work on a business and try and make it the best that it can be.

I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?

I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.

I just want to be able to have fun, make a living, feed my family and create something that I'm proud of, and I'm all those things. It's great.

What you do is more important than how much you make, and how you feel about it is more important than what you do.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I don't have a career. I have a life.