Robert Fulghum Quotes

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

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

I don't feel this overwhelming pressure to play or to 'make money.' That's not my driving goal.

I'm not driven by money anymore.

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

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

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.

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.

You can't live for literature. You can't live for the job.

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

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

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

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.

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.

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

A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone.

You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.

Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.

Personally, I've never done things just for money.

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.

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

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.

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