Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

Work certainly does help fill a void.

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.

I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.

Work and love - this is interesting to me.

I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.

I wouldn't be alive without my work.

Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited, you can see it in the work.

Where there is most labour there is not always most life.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

Work is the best thing to make us love life.

If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough?

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.

If you're not enjoying your work, what's the point?

I don't have much in life but my work is what makes me alive.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

I spend a lot of time working.

Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment.