Chamath Palihapitiya Quotes

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.

Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

Money doesn't drive me.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

You can only make money doing what you love.

I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.

I like money, but it's never been about the money.

Money has never been a huge inspiration for me.

You figure out what you value in this life, and then you go for it. For me, it was freedom.

I really don't want to encourage young people to think that life is about money only. Life is about being able to give yourself choice.

Money is the by-product, it is not the purpose.

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.

I am not bound by material things. It's being successful that drives me forward. I love success. I don't wake up in the morning thinking 'Great - I've got one million pounds in the bank'. I wake up happy because I am a successful part of a successful team. It's that success that brings all the media coverage, the first-night parties, the endorsements. I will never lose sight of that. It has come very quickly - sooner than even I expected. But it's great to know that if I continue in the same vein, then I can do exactly what I want with the rest of my life. I will be financially secure.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

I'm glad I'm successful at it, because it's allowed me to live very well financially, and give my kids a lot of things. It's enabled me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. But it's not who I am.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

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

I'm happy without money.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

Money ain't everything.