Paul Tillich Quotes

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

Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

Work is much more fun than fun.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

I'm very lucky to have a job that I love.

We tend to think that employment is employment, and we don't ask the question: is this rewarding employment? Research establishes pretty clearly that typical notions of happiness - that more is better - really don't correspond to the way people think and feel.

I love working. It's one of the real thrills of my life.

If I can surround myself with hilarious people every day, I will always want to go to work.

It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time; how about that?

I like working. That's when I'm feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

I've discovered, I guess, that it's fun to work.

I don't do something I won't enjoy just for the money. I do it for the fun, for the joy of working.

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

I've never worked on anything that I haven't in some way enjoyed.

I loved every job I had.

I am still convinced I have the best job in the world.

When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is that we should probably add all kinds of things to it - meaning, creation, challenges, ownership, identity, pride, etc.

The end of pain we take as happiness.

Work as joy, inaccessible to the psychologists.

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.

Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!

All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful intelligence and a much greater ability to achieve happiness and avoid suffering. Real happiness and friendship come not from money or even knowledge, but from warm-heartednes s. Once we recognize this we will be more inclined to cultivate it.