E. F. Schumacher Quotes

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.

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

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I wasn't using my skills productively. I gave up photography - I walked away from it completely - and started doing care work.

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

I'm really happy to be able to live my life doing what I love.

You learn very quickly where you feel fulfilled and where you don't.

If you choose to do things that you are passionate about, you will not only do them better, but most importantly, you'll be a significantly happier person.

I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.

When people have a real sense of legacy, a sense of mattering, a sense of contribution, it seems to tap into the deepest part of their heart and soul. It brings out the best and subordinates the rest.

The true dividing line between people is whether they are capable of being in love with their destiny.

We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so.

People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.

If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.

Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.

I don't need millions of dollars. I need to know that what I'm doing with my life is expressing who I am, and maybe making people happy. This is all we get.

The happiest people are the ones who follow their own dreams most closely.

People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be.

People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.