Is it ok to NEVER TURN my macbook pro off , but when finishing work put it to sleep ?

I have a setup that makes me use the HDMI while closing the mac. yet, each time I need to open the macbook pro I'll have to remove all the usbs and thunderbolt plugged in. So I want to switch it to sleep rather that Shut down. so when I press any button on my external keyboard it turns on.
The only concern is "will this harm my macbook on the long run ?"
I'm using a Macbook Pro 15" with retina display
Intel Core i7
16 GB RAM
500 GB Flash Storage

I don't know the official answer to this, but I rarely turn mine off, sleep only for years now. Turn off and reboot for sofware installs and such, but it has not been a problem.
Someone else will surely address this as well.
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