Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

The money, the fame, if that comes, that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, my aim is to go to sleep at night content and have a purpose, and to know that I'm not swapping my life for money and some mind-numbing boring job, making easy money and protecting my brain.

You can only make money doing what you love.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited, you can see it in the work.

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

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.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.

That's the secret to happiness. Find something you can make money at that you really love to do.

Money and fame, it only makes you so happy. You gotta find other reasons to fight. I want a certain amount of money to do the things that I want to do.

I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

Make sure you love what you do or it will eat you alive.

I have never been motivated by money.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

Life is too short to be doing work that doesn't make you feel happy and fulfilled. I'd rather wait for the right project, as opposed to just taking whatever is handed to me.

I don't care if people know who I am or if I make a ton of money, I just love my work so much.

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.

You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me.

It's not always about the money and the fame, and a lot of people think that it is sometimes.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

I make a living doing what I love doing, and it's what brings me joy.