Nathan Sawaya Quotes

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

I have earned enough money in my life. When I started my career, for about 10 years, I told myself I want to make money. Now, I just want to do different roles.

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

I have really tried to create a balance between my home life and my career.

Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

You have to put money in its proper perspective. The way it is positioned in the culture is like it is the most important thing. But something is missing.

My kids, my health and my job are all equally important.

I caution people away from quitting their jobs to travel the world because I don't think traveling the world is a worthy cause on its own.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

Money to me is not a factor in my life.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it's not about the money.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

I have six jobs.

Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.

My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility, in descending order of importance. Most people focus exclusively on income.

I define power as 'control over one's life.' A balanced life is far superior to the male definition of power: earning money someone else spends while he dies sooner.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

I work for wardrobe. Whenever I need clothes, I take a job. If I get maybe like six changes, then I'll be a grandmother, I don't care.