Money makes the world go round. You can’t be considered successful without it but at the same time, it leaves people feeling stressed and unhappy. Here we’ve collected a few money quotes to remind you that while it is important, money isn’t the only thing in the universe.
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Money Quotes – Wise Sayings About Money
“The goal isn’t more money. The goal is living your life on your own terms.”
– Chris Brogan
Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you. – Tony Hsieh
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“I make myself rich by making my wants few.” – Henry David Thoreau
“It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” – Charles A. Jaffe
Wealthy people invest first & spend what’s left..Broke people spend first & invest what’s left.
— Unknown
If you have family that loves you, a few good friends, food on your table and a roof over your head. You are richer than you think. — Unknown
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“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Chase your passions & money will come. Chase money & you may never find your passions.” – Colin Wright
“You’ve got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.” – Dave Ramsey
“Saving must become a priority, not just a thought. Pay yourself first.” – Dave Ramsey
“Unless you control your money, making more won’t help. You’ll just have bigger payments”—Dave Ramsey
“A penny saved is a penny earned.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Smith
Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it’s greedy or loving. – Dan Millman
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. – William A. Ward
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master. – Alexander Dumas
Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty. – Leo Rosten
Money Quotes – Funny quotes about money
“Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.” – Jackie Mason
If money doesn’t grow on trees, then why do banks have branches?
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” – Bob Hope
“Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” – Rebecca Johnson
“The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard
“Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn’t do for anything else. Same with money.” — Satchel Paige
I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. ~Joe Louis
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“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.” – Donald Trump
“There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It’s called marriage” — James Holt McGavran
“Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.” – James W. Frick
“Money without brains is always dangerous.” Napoleon Hill
“One good thing about Christmas shopping it toughens you for the January sales” — Grace Kriley
“Money won’t make you happy… but everybody wants to find out for themselves.” — Zig Ziglar
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Money will buy you a pretty dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail.
– Henry Wheeler Shaw
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn
“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?” – Ayn Rand
“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” – Robert Orben
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
Unknown
Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn’t expect to be paid back. ~Author Unknown
We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules. ~Buzzie Bavasi
Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale. ~Zig Ziglar
“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” – Spike Milligan
“When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet.”-Nick Arnette
“If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.” -Lane Kirkland
Money Quotes – Inspirational Quotes About Money
“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” – Spike Milligan
There are plenty of different variations of this quote, but they all boil down to one sentiment: money does not make one happy. It’s easy to think that if you have large amounts of money that you’ll be happy and you’ll never have to worry about anything ever again, but the desire for money simply grows into the desire for more money, and you are never satisfied.
“Money has never made man happy, nor will it; there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.” – Benjamin Franklin
Money is not inherently good or evil, but it does provoke both reactions in the hearts of men. It’s an empty promise, a piece of paper that allows you to buy the things that you need to survive or the things that you want to keep you entertained, but it does not promise or guarantee happiness.
“A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart.” – Jonathan Swift
A good head for money is essential in a world that relies so heavily upon it. Whether you live paycheck to paycheck or are rolling in dough, you need to know the basics of money management. It should stay in your brain, and in your head. It should not be allowed to make its way to your heart, because that is where the desire for more and the covetous behavior that we have become so accustomed to begin to appear.
“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” – Robert Frost
Banking is an industry that isn’t even understood by those who work within its walls. Arbitrarily assigned numbers determine whether or not you are able to obtain loans or lines of credit, as well as how much money you are charged per month for the pleasure of their services. It’s a complicated business that most of us would do well to avoid, if it were an option. Unfortunately, without banks, you don’t have things like house mortgages or business loans, so we are left choosing the lesser of two evils.
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish but it will not replace you as the driver.” – Ayn Rand
Money is an essential tool for success and survival, but it is only that: a tool. No different than the hammer and nails you might use to build a house or the ratchet and screwdriver you use to build or repair a car. There is nothing exotic or romantic about money. It is simply there to help you build the lives you want to live.
“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.” – W.C. Fields
When it comes right down to it, there is no difference at all between the rich man at his marble table and the poor man at his plastic one. We are all human; we all bleed the same color and require food, water, and air to survive. These artificial distinctions between the supposed rich and poor classes are merely constructs that should be ignored.
“Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life.” – John Wooden
Too many of us are focused so hard on making enough money to survive that we forget the most important thing in life: living it. Don’t spend your life working yourself to death, because you’ll just look back with regrets that could have been avoided. Live your life, really get out there and make the most of it, rather than just surviving from the day you’re born until the day you die.
“Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar
Don’t let yourself get stuck in a pointless dead-end job that you hate just because of the paycheck that comes with it. You’ll wind up hating it, and when you reach that point, you move to another dead end job and start over again. Break free of the cycle and figure out what you love to do. Even if you have to start on the bottom of the ladder, doing what you love makes it all worth it.
“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.” – Agatha Christie
We are covetous by nature: we demand and desire that which we do not have. If we see someone with a large sum of money, we desire that for ourselves. If you find yourself in command of such large sums, it is advisable to trust no one but yourself, because everyone you meet may covet those funds that you currently possess.
“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free: if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burk
Currently, most of the developed world is unabashedly poor. Not because we’re lacking money, though many people are, but because we are commanded by our wealth. Everything revolves around your next paycheck or your next fix or whatever physical or mental commodity that you’re craving that the particular moment. If we want to regain a true richness and the freedom that we desire, we need to learn to command our wealth rather than be commanded buy it.
Now, we probably haven’t told you anything that you don’t already know. The love of money is the root of all evil, or so the old saying goes. Hopefully these money quotes will remind at least one reader to love the paper in their wallet a little less and their fellow man a little more.
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