Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

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

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

I wouldn't be alive without my work.

I always felt I needed to teach to survive.

Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

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

I don't think I have ever worked in my life, because work to me means that you are really doing something that you don't like.

It's not like I wake up and think, 'Now I'm going to go to work.' It just feels like a continuing exploration.

I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.

To work is to feel alive.

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

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.

The last thing I wanted was a big paycheck but no inspiration or support.