Alain de Botton Quotes

This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.

You don't need to be defined by your job.

Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.

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

I don't want to work to make money. I want to work to work.

Your profession should give you enjoyment, but it should never be your life.

Sometimes it's good to remember who you are outside of work.

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

I don't think about an industry or building things, but somebody says you're lucky if you find something you like to do, which is true, and then it's a miracle if you get paid to do it.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.

I like to work. I believe that work helps us find our self worth.

Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

If you're not enjoying your work, what's the point?

I love what I do, and I find personal joy through my work at Harman. My identity is who I am and what I do.

You get to a point in life where you have to enjoy what you do when you come in every day.

I wouldn't be alive without my work.

For those of us that wake up every day and go to our jobs, we know our worth because we know the value we add to the world.

Work is really wrapped up with identity. Work is not just money for most people.

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.