Rita Mae Brown Quotes

Too many times I see kids come up to me, especially at the high school age, and say, 'Man, it would be cool to play in the NFL just because of the money.' And I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, you are missing everything, because money is not going to make you happy.'

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

People who are passionate about what they do reach financial comfort and wealth more often than those who are not. That argues for doing one of two things. Finding your passion and pursuing it. Or becoming passionate about what you're already pursuing.

Business is not the aim of life; it's a game.

If you can build your career around your passions, then you're winning in life; that's one of the best things you can ask for.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

I don't want only a career.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

I feel very lucky that I make a living doing what I always wanted to do.

I've never worked to make money. I understand we've got to eat and all that, but I never said I want to be a multimillionaire or a billionaire. To me, that's of no significance. I work to have the accomplishment.

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.

When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

A lot of money with the wrong career is not going to make you happy. If you have money without happiness, it doesn't mean anything. It's all about happiness.

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

I don't want my life to be about a house and a car.

I'm not driven by money anymore.

Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn't even come close to answering the question. "What do you do?".

I'd rather work to live than live to work.

We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.