Francis Bacon Quotes

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy. I had been led to believe that money and possessions would insure me a life of happiness and peace of mind. So that was the path I pursued. In the second place, I discovered that making money and spending it foolishly was completely meaningless. I knew that this was not what I was here for, but at that time I didn't know exactly what I was here for.

Life and work are the most wonderful things a man can have.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it.

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

Just because you got money doesn't mean you're gonna be happy, and just 'cuz you can buy everything in the world doesn't mean you're gonna find your purpose.

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.

The purpose of life is to bring forth goodness. Now, in this life.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

You have been oriented that you must pay a price in order to get somewhere, and in the process, you've come to believe that getting there must be really important, therefore, it must be your purpose. And we say, but if you're not getting to joy, then you've gotten nowhere. Joy is really where you're going.

I think success is about purpose. People ask about success at different points in your life. As I look back, I think people that are successful feel good about what they are doing, and they can look back at what they've done and they feel good about it. People sometimes ask about success and they say, "What's your legacy?" and I say, "I think it's really a dumb question." I think the question is: What am I doing now? Do I feel good about myself? Am I proud of myself? Whatever purpose there is in life, I think success is about purpose. It's not about material things.

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.

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.

Life is not about money.

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

There is no wealth but life.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

I want to do really good things with my life.

Life: my favorite occupation.

So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry.

I'm living what I always wanted to do.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.