Erwin McManus Quotes

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it just becomes a day job. It just becomes factory work and I get really frustrated.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

Work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

I know I want to help people and inspire people. That's my purpose in life.

My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that's worthwhile, that they're going to be proud to show to friends and family.

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

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

I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.

Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way.

Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.

I love working. I love it! It makes me feel awake and alive and appreciative, as does my family, but in a different way. If I was told I couldn't do it, I think I would wither and die.

When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.

Why strive to be 'elite'? Because it infuses your life with purpose and meaning that does not depend on anyone or anything that can ever be taken away from you.

My ambition is to be the best I can be.

If I don't have a meaning to what I am doing, I am not convinced to be a part of that activity.

That's what drives me - to be able to help people get to their own calling and find their own peace.

Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.