Verb
To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make a living
(of animals) To manage to find enough food to survive.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgYou are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. Woodrow Wilson
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed. John F. Kennedy
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living. Will Rogers
You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give. Winston Churchill
Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to make a living. Neil Postman