Vicki Robin Quotes

“Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team.”

“He who knows he has enough is rich.”

“If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough.”

“It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances.”

“Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for.”

“One day a young girl watched her mother prepare a ham for baking. At one point the daughter asked, “Mom, why did you cut off both ends of the ham?” “Well, because my mother always did,” said the mother. “But why?” “I don’t know. Let’s go ask Grandma.”
So they went to Grandma’s and asked her, “Grandma, when you prepared the ham for baking, you always cut off both ends. Why did you do that?” “My mother always did it,” said Grandma. “But why?” “I don’t know. Let’s go ask Great-grandma.” So off they went to Great-grandma’s. “Great-grandma, when you prepared the ham for baking, you always cut off both ends. Why did you do that?” “Well,” Great-grandma said, “the pan was too small.”

“Waste lies not in the number of possessions but in the failure to enjoy them.”

“We no longer live life. We consume it.”