Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

What inspires me in life? The idea that the work and the rewards and the process is the thing.

Is not labour, like learning, its own reward?

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Every person can reach a full life.

For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do for me.

I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.

Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

Satisfaction comes from the inside out, so people keep gravitating from things externally to try to fill something - get a man to complete them, get money to complete them, get a job to complete them and still find themselves frustrated.

I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine.

The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.

Success is not something you get out of what you do.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.

The things that bring you the greatest joy are in alignment with your purpose.