Jerry Gillies Quotes

It doesn't matter how much money you make; it's where you feel happy.

We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings. We need to explicitly take the quality of our work-related life into account in judging our well-being.

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.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

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

I don't want only a career.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

Money is a bonus of the job, but it doesn't always make you happy.

It's not all about money for me.

I find success to be being able to do what you love and provide for your family by doing what you love.

Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

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

It is undeniable that a woman's ability to stretch and pursue her total competence outside the home and get paid what she's worth for it makes for happier and more fulfilled women.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

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

I'd tell any coach not to move for money... Stay at your job if you're really happy.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.