Jean Chatzky Quotes

I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But it just seems extremely unfulfilling to me.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

Success is not something you get out of what you do.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

I do not just play for money.

Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life.

I don't want to rely on what people say about me to feel good; playing's what I really enjoy.

When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.

If it's achievement that you place your value in, you're never going to achieve enough. If it's power, you always need to wield power over others. If it's money, you'll never be rich enough. But if you do something and are a part of what is happening, then you're always in it and it's always enough.

Freud suggests that in order to love someone else, one must love themselves; it's a classic "needs before other needs" argument. Unfortunately, no one really loves themselves . And, if they do, they need to get to know themselves better. Unfortunately, no one is really happy.

Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit.

Money is cool, but being proud of yourself is something that's so rare.

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime.

Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.

Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.

Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.