Matthew Fox Quotes

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.

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

To work is to feel alive.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

Working is living to me.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.

I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.

I love what I do. I do what I love. I'm honest about it!

We must never forget the value of work because without it people are denied a sense of dignity and of community.

I don't have much in life but my work is what makes me alive.

I've worked hard and tried to approach my career with as much honesty and integrity as possible. I've also had many blessings along the way and feel very fortunate to have a career that speaks so much to my soul.

Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited, you can see it in the work.

There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.

My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy, and it would be wonderful to invite other people to get involved.

And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

The job is not your work; what you do with your heart and soul is the work.

There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.

I know what things are good: friendship and work and conversation. These I shall have.

The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.