Purpose-Driven Work Quotes

I don't have to work another day of my life, thank God, but I'm in a place where I probably work as hard or harder today than I ever have, but I do it because I want to, not because I have to. What is the difference between work and play? I think the difference is purpose. When your vocation becomes your vacation, the old quote, you know that's when you made it.

You cannot do something just for the money. You have to do things you believe in and eventually you will make money.

People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?

Indeed, the real question is not, "Why greatness?" but "What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?" if you have to ask the question, "Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough?" then you're probably int he wrong line of work.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

So much of our society as a whole is gearing us to maximize our salary or bonus. Basically, we just think in terms of money. Or, if not money, then, if you're in academia, it's prestige. It's a different kind of currency. And there's this unmeasured dimension of all jobs, which is whether it's improving the world.

Only when you are absolutely devoted to what you do, can you produce something significant in the world.

Explore this next great frontier where the boundaries between work and higher purpose are merging into one, where doing good really is good for business.

If people are not tied to the work from a mission-driven focus, I don't think you're going to motivate them.