Toni Morrison Quotes

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.

There's the conforming 9-to-5-lifestyle thing. Then there's, like, settling down, trying to find a balance in a relationship sense, or having a dog and having a house. All these things, like, they're not really gonna make you happy.

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

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.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

The important thing is to be in love with something.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

If you have love in your life, you have life.

I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.

Do what you're passionate about.

I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

At my ashram, people work long hours joyfully because they are inspired. When people are involved and joyfully doing something, they usually turn out ten times more and do more than what they would normally do as a duty.

No matter what you do, you should enjoy it. You should really find passion in it.

I've only done what I've really wanted to burn up energy on. If you can't wake up in the morning and look forward to what you're going to do in the evening - and twice on a Wednesday and a Saturday - then it's not worth doing.

I learned that you have to fall in love with what you are doing and then you will enjoy it.

I'm happy I found discipline, something I love, and I also found God.

The only way to be successful in what you do is to love what you do.

I am such a sucker for love; to me, it feels like the reason we are here - to love and be happy.

Love is the reason to live.

Love is the absolute basis of my career.