John Ruskin Quotes

I never told anyone how unhappy I was because I was also grateful I had a job versus so many people that didn't. I did not think I was allowed to be miserable, but I was overworked, sleep-deprived and just lost.

Most people perceive their occupation as being a detriment to their overall wellbeing.

We work too hard to be miserable.

If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?

They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

It's hard separating work from personal life.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress.

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

One of the stated values at IronPort was 'work/life balance,' but I wasn't living it. I was rarely home. And when I was home, well, let's just say I wasn't particularly helpful or cheery.

Any staff that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is bound to get burned out.

I hate the term 'work-life balance.' I think it's a setup, and it's trap for all of us.

That's the great irony of allowing passionate people to work from home. A manager's natural instinct is to worry that her workers aren't getting enough work done. But the real threat is that they will wind up working too hard. And because the manager isn't sitting across from her worker anymore, she can't look in the person's eyes and see burnout.

You can always take on more projects; it just makes your life worse and worse.

To kill yourself for earning a salary is not worth it.

I don't have a real life. I just work all the time.

I left WWE because I was utterly miserable wrestling at the time and I needed to get away from the business.

Burn out is such a real thing, especially when you are enjoying your job.

I can't stop working!

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill.

The business has taken a toll on me.