Paycheck Quotes

“Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.”
― Vincent van Gogh

“Follow the dreams of others and you will receive a paycheck. Follow your own dreams and you will never check your pay.”
― Vincent Lowry

“But I was 22 when I started this job, and you know what? Sometimes it really is okay to just have a fucking job. Not a passion, not a career, but a steadfast source of bi-weekly income deposited directly into a checking account from which food, and medicine, and apps one totally forgot about having downloaded will be paid for.”
― Samantha Irby, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

“The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them – for a paycheck. To act without a conscience, but for a paycheck, makes anyone a dangerous animal. The devil would be powerless if he couldn’t entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between people.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Authentic leaders inspire us to engage with each other in powerful dreams that make the impossible possible. We are called on to persevere despite failure and pursue a purpose beyond the paycheck. This is at the core of innovation. It requires aligning the dreams of each individual to the broader dream of the organization.”
― Henna Inam, Wired for Authenticity: Seven Practices to Inspire, Adapt, & Lead

“We are sometimes humbled by the realization that, unlike their house, someone’s bank balance or paycheck is bigger than ours.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The only thing we need to know is this: they bring home a paycheck.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

“I nearly said something, but then thought better of it. It doesn’t pay to publicly point out the failings of the person providing your paycheck.”
― Donald G. Firesmith, What Lurks Below

“Upset that you have lost your paycheck during the COVID-19 pandemic? Welcome to the world of millions of the disabled!”
― Steven Magee

“Many women often look for a man with solid financial stability and a paycheck that outshines their own. Why?”
― Viyaanaha, Mr. - Untold story of husbands

“So I suppose the best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life.

A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you developed an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast while in the shower? (p16)”
― Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life