Paulo Coelho Quotes

Happiness is more important than money any day.

Money and good life had never been my goal.

Not everything is about money.

Money isn't everything, Mortimer.

Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition."

Life is not about money.

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

Money ain't everything.

It's not always about the money.

Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.

Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.

Money is not everything.

Money isn't the most important thing. It is important, of course. I am not Mahatma Gandhi.

Money is important yes, but not the most important. I don't need money to smile or breathe. I would still be breathing if all my money disappeared tomorrow.

Life's not all about money.

Someone once said to me that success isn't everything and I think I know what they really meant. I believe what they really meant was that money wasn't everything and I certainly agree with that. But I do believe that success IS everything.

The Twelve Chairs is about the same thing. It's all about money or love. We know we need money, we know we have to get money, we know we have to hurt others to get money. But we don't know until maybe it's a little too late in life that love is the most important thing. Love, friendship, affection, bonhomie, whatever. Those are the only things that really count: to love and be loved.

Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.

As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than "relationships.

Let's set the record straight. Money is important! To say that it's not as important as any other things in life is ludicrous. What's more important, your arm or your leg? Could it be that both are important?

I was never motivated by money. I think above all else about the happiness of my family, regardless of money.

I'd rather have happiness than money.

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.