John Henry Patterson Quotes

I don't know about other people, but I love to work.

I'm not the "not-working" type. I derive pleasure from my work. Work gives me relaxation too. Every moment I am thinking of something new: making a new plan, new ways to work. In the same way that a scientist draws pleasure from long hours in the laboratory, I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is sufficient for me.

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.

You must love your work and not always be looking over the edge of it wanting your play to begin.

After forty years of close acquaintance with it, I've found that work is kind to its friends and harsh to its enemies. It pays the fellow who dislikes it his exact wages, and they're generally pretty small; but it gives the man who shines up to it all the money he wants and throws in a heap of fun and satisfaction for good measure.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

I love what I do. I work a lot, I work all the time, but I love it.

I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.

Working is working. I love to work.

The happiest people are those who have learned to mix play with their work and to bind the two together with enthusiasm.

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.

I just love working. I really enjoy the work, whatever it is.

I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?

Who likes not his business, his business likes not him.

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get.

No man can be successful, unless he first loves his work.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

I love working. If somebody took away my jobs, I don't know what I would do. I'm just the kind of person who has to stay busy.

My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that.

I kind of love my work. I really love the pieces I do.

I'm a hard worker and love my work. I have felt pulled toward work. And it's a pull I have ferociously had to counter to make room for my family.

Some people would call me a workaholic. I don't consider this time: I just love my work so much, so it's my real hobby, OK? And, yeah, getting some play during working hours for which you are paid is the best job I can recommend for anyone around!