H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.

When you are 25 or even 30, you can just do things. When you get to 35, things are different. Time is more precious to me now. I've got my priorities.

Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

For me it's always God, family, and then my work.

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!

Work is work, but family is for life. That's what really matters to me.

No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business.

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

My career is really, really important, and I love it, but the life highs - like seeing my son graduate - need to me to be more important than the career highs, which are fleeting.

Time scares me: having enough time to do all the things that I want to do in life, just even in terms of forgetting about the business I'm in.

Life comes before the business.

Everyone seems to be rushing through their lives, wishing they had just two minutes to do all the things they want to get gone.

Money shouldn't be the driver for where you spend your time.

Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.

I didn't want children until my late thirties because my career was taking off, and I was having such a good time in New Order. But when you have children, you have to make decisions; I always wanted to stay at home with my kids.

Time is more important to me than money.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?

You should not confuse your career with your life.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.