Ossie Davis Quotes

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

I'm content because I'm a busy person.

If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work.

When I had a full-time job, I really wasn't that busy, but now I'm really busy. I guess that's a good thing.

I'm happy with my career.

Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.

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

I'm still, except for making overseas trips, I'm staying just about as busy as I ever did.

Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question. "What do you do?".

If I had nothing to do and I wanted to sit in a dark room and relax, I could at times. But to be busy is very nice. To have things to do and have a schedule.

I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else.

Life and work are the most wonderful things a man can have.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

We not only need to work happy, we need to work at being happy.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

I know it's a cliche, but I've been happy to go to work every day.

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it!

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

I don't have spare time.

We participate and are responsible for a lot of the things that happen to us. If you hate your job, you are much more likely to get sick and die at a younger age than someone who's happy at work and has a nice family life and is mentally well adjusted.

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.

I think if I manage to juggle a personal life that I'm really happy with as well, as long as I manage to maintain balance, that's kind of the mark of success to me.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

I don't have a lot of downtime.