Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take, sometimes we get caught up and lose perspective on what's important in life.

Anytime I have communicated with college-going people, fresh out of college, looking for a job - money is very important, that is just so important. What is not important is how do you plan to live your life or the larger picture. Not that I had such philosophical intentions when I was 18, but I think there was lesser importance for money.

Too many times I see kids come up to me, especially at the high school age, and say, 'Man, it would be cool to play in the NFL just because of the money.' And I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, you are missing everything, because money is not going to make you happy.'

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

Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

Chase your passion, not your pension.

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

You can't work all your life.

I don't want only a career.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

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

Time scares me: having enough time to do all the things that I want to do in life, just even in terms of forgetting about the business I'm in.

I'd never taken a job purely for money - I felt that would kill me - but I was afraid that I was heading that way. Then, my brother passing away was the final thing that kicked me over. It reminded me that life is short, and you'd better do what you want while you have a chance.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

I don't know anyone that says, 'Boy, I had a great career, and I'm happy because I screwed up my life outside of my career, my family life.' There's no one that feels that way.

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

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

There's nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.