money isn't everything

money isn't everything

A phrase downplaying the importance of money, often as an attempt at consolation. I know you wish you were in a higher-paying field, but you actually like your job, and that is important—money isn't everything. When you think of how many celebrities have had trouble with the law or have struggled with substance abuse, it's a powerful reminder that money isn't everything.
See also: everything, money
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • winning isn't everything
  • (something) isn't everything
  • money, winning, etc. isn't everything
  • (you) can't win them all
  • can’t win em all
  • can’t win them all
  • can't win them all
  • You can’t win ’em all
  • You can’t win them all
  • you can't win them all
References in periodicals archive
However money isn't everything. Just as we are all personally striving for a better work/life balance, Edinburgh needs to decide how the economic prosperity that comes in August sits with a resident population that just want to get on with their lives.
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Money isn't everything. It's about the time you spend with your children, the effort you put in.
But while some may argue that self-funded candidates are trying to buy their way into the Legislature, or scare off the competition, history has proven that money isn't everything.
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I feel I must express the gratitude we should all feel to two groups: the sensible people in the BBC and ITV who got together to offer an acceptable payment; and the executives from the WRU and the other unions who recognised that money isn't everything.