Doris Duke Quotes

I just want to do stuff that gives me work satisfaction.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

As things may turn out in the future, people may (though I doubt it) find that their work gives them all the enjoyment - physical, intellectual or aesthetic - which they may require. That certainly is not so now.

I love working. It's one of the real thrills of my life.

If you've never tasted what it's like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work, you don't know what you're missing.

I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.

You're going to spend a long time with the stuff you work on; you might as well like it.

The most important thing for me is the work, my job, and then to go to my house to be satisfied with my work.

You cannot appreciate the sense of satisfaction that I get from my job.

We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it?

It's almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.

For me, coming to work every day has turned out to be exactly what I hoped it would be.

It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.

Don't have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be fun - so make work enjoyable and satisfying for everyone - among other reasons because it pays off.

I love to work. You want to talk about natural highs? There's nothing like it.

Work is much more fun than fun.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do.

It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.

I don't believe I want to retire, because I just enjoy and love my work so much.

This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

I really got to see my dad enjoy every day that he was working. Everybody should be able to have this much fun when they go to work.

The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.