Sydney J. Harris Quotes

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit.

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

It's not about the money for me.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

My only sure reward is in my actions, not from them.

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

There were instances when I felt cheated because my feeling of social service was neither acknowledged or reciprocated by the second party. It is with growing age and experience that I realised, I was doing it for myself and not for others. Hence, I found my happiness and satisfaction in it.

We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience.

I really play tennis for me, enjoy it for me.

Don't pursue something because you 'want to be great.' Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you.

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.

You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.

Whenever we think of ourselves as doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most.

Work for your own soul's sake.