Jean Ingelow 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 won't do something just for the sake of working.

I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.

In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

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.

I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working.

The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

I think 'work' is anything I'm doing with intention and purpose. There is absolutely no negative connotation to the word 'work' for me - I feel lucky that I get to wake up every day and spend my days doing things I believe in.

I just work - however people feel about it, I mean, at the end of the day, if I'm waiting for accolades, I could be waiting all my life, but I don't need that stuff to validate me. I just do what makes me happy.

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 goals aren't really commercial success.

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.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

But basically, at the end of the day, I want to do meaningful work that I'm proud of - whether only 3 people see it or 300,000,000.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

I just want to do stuff that gives me work satisfaction.

I'm quite honest and demanding of myself so if I can achieve satisfaction from the job I did, I will be happy.

If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.

I believe people work for satisfaction.

Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.