Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

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.

Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.

You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.

I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness.

Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to pursuing something.

It's very American, making a lot of money.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

No one seems to care for anything but about money today. Nothing is held of account except the bank accounts. Quality, education, civic distinction, public virtue seem each year to be valued less and less.

The money never mattered. I'm not kidding you. It hasn't really brought me any kind of happiness.

No success will ever quench your thirst - my rich person's therapist told me that.

The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy.

No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

What is success anyway? Is success about making the most money? No. Money, for the most part, turns people into jerks.

If you make the goal of your life just to stay alive, you'll fail. If you make the goal of your life the kingdom, you cannot lose.

It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.