Michael Paterniti Quotes

We all want something else other than what we have and don't realize what you got works. It works. It does work. You gotta work. Marriage is work. Marriage is a career. It's not an adventure.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

That's what my dad always said. 'If you're very lucky, it'll work out.' I love what it is I do, and I realize how blessed I am. So now it's just about doing the work as good as possible and enjoying the ride.

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

God didn't make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God... If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

Give me love and work - these two only.

When I see people that are my age and reaching 50, the ones that are really sparkly and full of joy are the ones that are committed to something bigger than themselves.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.

I've got a lot of opportunities, a lot of love in my life, a lot of things going for me. Still, it's not complete. I know this is not the whole thing. There's much more.

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

I love life because what more is there?

There are days that I wake up and I complain, and when I complain I pinch myself and say, 'that's for complaining.' Not many people can do what they really like in life.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.