560 Powerful Money Quotes That Will Make You Wealthier

The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money. Warren Buffett

The more you learn, the more you earn. Warren Buffett

If you make meaning, you’ll make money. Guy Kawasaki

Rich people believe “I create my life”. Poor people believe “Life happens to me”. T. Harv Eker

Earn with your mind, not your time. Naval Ravikant

Trade money for time, not time for money. You’re going to run out of time first. Naval Ravikant

Stop buying things you don’t need, to impress people you don’t even like. Suze Orman

If it’s only about money we are hopeless. If it’s about people we are hopeful. Maxime Lagacé

There are people who have money and people who are rich. Coco Chanel

I make myself rich by making my wants few. Henry David Thoreau (See also: simplicity quotes)

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money. Alan Watts

Money is a great servant but a bad master. Francis Bacon

Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy. Haruki Murakami

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer. Jim Carrey

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When I had money everyone called me brother. Polish proverb Click to tweet

All the money you made will never buy back your soul. Bob Dylan

I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money. Pablo Picasso

Don’t just make money, make a difference. Grant Cardone

Money moves from those who do not manage it to those who do. Dave Ramsey

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. Steve Jobs

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options. Chris Rock

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau

Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far. Warren Buffett

Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn Click to tweet

Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life. John Wooden Click to tweet

I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe

The ultimate purpose of money is so that you do not have to be in a specific place at a specific time doing anything you don’t want to do. Naval Ravikant

Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy. Naval Ravikant

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. Bob Marley

The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people. Peter Diamandis Click to tweet

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left. Jim Rohn

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled. Barack Obama

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. Thomas Wolfe

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm

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Part 2. Money Quotes That Are…

The Most Famous Money Quotes (Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Picasso, etc.)

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Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett

The more money you make the more problems you get. Christopher George Latore Wallace (Notorious B.I.G.)

We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies. Walt Disney

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. Barack Obama

Money can’t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories. Ronald Reagan

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. Donald Trump

Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this is a good way to build something. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Whoever loves money will never have enough. Ecclesiastes 5:10

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton (Walmart)

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society. Mahatma Gandhi

If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus Oprah Winfrey

We have always believed that it’s possible to make money without being evil. Larry Page (Google)

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will. Nelson Mandela

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Mahatma Gandhi

We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like. Tyler Durden (Fight Club) Click to tweet

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money. Johnny Cash

My formula for success is rise early, work late and strike oil. J. Paul Getty

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Voltaire

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Oscar Wilde

I don’t care too much for money, for money can’t buy me love. The Beatles

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Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich. T. Harv Eker Click to tweet

Be your money’s master, not its slave. Publius Syrus

Money doesn’t buy happiness – it buys freedom. Naval Ravikant

Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles. T. Harv Eker

It does not take money to make money. Robert T. Kiyosaki

All money is a matter of belief. Adam Smith

Money may be spent but never squandered. Li Ka Shing

A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. J. Paul Getty

Money is a way of measuring wealth but is not wealth in itself. Alan Watts

Don’t go broke trying to go rich. Unknown (Submitted by the Wisdom Quotes Community)

Money doesn’t change people. It unmasks them. Unknown

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. W. C. Fields

Money is the best deodorant. Elizabeth Taylor

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. Ted Turner

Rich people think big. Poor people think small. T. Harv Eker

Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose. T. Harv Eker

Money grows on the tree of persistence. Japanese proverb Click to tweet

The fools in life want things fast and easy — money, success, attention. Robert Greene

If money’s where you find happiness, you’ll always be poor. NF

If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money. Warren Buffett

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric. Anton Chekhov

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it. Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank)

Words are the money of fools. Thomas Hobbes

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Inspirational Money Quotes

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Fortune sides with him who dares. Virgil Click to tweet

The goal isn’t more money. The goal is living life on your terms. Chris Brogan

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde

I find out what the world needs. Then, I go ahead and invent it. Thomas A. Edison

Make your goal more than money. Make it about helping people and creating a better future. Maxime Lagacé

It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for. Robert T. Kiyosaki

There is gold everywhere. Most people are not trained to see it. Robert T. Kiyosaki

Like Warren, I had a considerable passion to get rich, not because I wanted Ferraris – I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it. Charlie Munger

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

I’m hard working, frugal, steadfast, willing to learn and to build a credible name. Li Ka Shing

What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like. Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank)

It’s not about the money. It’s about the life I want to live. Unknown

If your goal is to be comfortable, chances are you’ll never get rich. But if your goal is to be rich, chances are you’ll end up mighty comfortable. T. Harv Eker (Secrets of the Millionaire Mind)

Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them. T. Harv Eker

Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time. T. Harv Eker

Keep your eye on the goal, keep moving toward your target. T. Harv Eker

It’s simple arithmetic: “Your income can grow only to the extent you do”. T. Harv Eker

Where the determination is, the way can be found. George S. Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon)

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. George S. Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon)

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. Bette Davis

You have to be myopic and completely focused and unbalanced in every way. Once you’ve achieved success, you’re free to do whatever you like. Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank)

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die. Warren Buffett

If you don’t get serious about your money you will never have serious money. Grant Cardone

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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. Ambrose Bierce Click to tweet

Does running out of money count as exercise? Unknown

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small and the wants great. Benjamin Franklin

It’s amazing how fast later comes when you buy now. Milton Berle

Taking drugs and thinking that you are happy is like taking a loan and thinking you have money. Thibaut

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. George Carlin

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it. Bob Hope

Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money. Robin Williams

If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that. Charlie Munger

Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don’t generate a lot of interest. Unknown

There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either. Robert Graves

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker

Inflation is taxation without legislation. Milton Friedman

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. Joan Rivers

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. Paul Samuelson

I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too. Steve Martin

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have. Will Rogers

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket. Will Rogers

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need. Will Rogers

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Earl Wilson Click to tweet

The funny thing is, the people who work really hard, they work really hard so they can sit on their ass – they just want to sit on their ass in nicer surroundings. Karl Pilkington

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. Oscar Wilde

Someone asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don’t have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. Gloria Steinem

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Zig Ziglar

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O’Rourke

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. Kinky Friedman

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping. Gertrude Stein

I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed. George Carlin

Deep And Profound Money Quotes

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Some people are so poor, all they have is money. Unknown Click to tweet

There are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and praise. Mary Kay Ash

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand

I refuse to apologize for my ability – I refuse to apologize for my success – I refuse to apologize for my money. If this is evil, make the most of it. Ayn Rand

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. Woodrow Wilson

Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. Tim Ferriss

Making money is a common sense. It’s not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon. Robert T. Kiyosaki

You either make sense or you make money. R. Buckminster Fuller

When you’re finally wealthy, you’ll realize that it wasn’t what you were seeking in the first place. Naval Ravikant

He sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived. Dalai Lama

Rich people stay rich by living like they are broke. Broke people stay broke by living like they are rich. Unknown

You were not born to just pay bills and die. Unknown

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. Marlene Dietrich Click to tweet

When you know how to make money, you’re obligated to. Marshall Sylver

It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. Albert Camus

Money is the alienated essence of man’s work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it. Karl Marx

Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to use it. Frank A. Clark

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Martin Luther King Jr

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. Kahlil Gibran

So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live. Alan Watts

It doesn’t matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You’re still left alone with yourself in the end. Billy Idol

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford

Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Publilius Syrus

You can make money or you can make sense. The two are mutually exclusive. R. Buckminster Fuller

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Wise Money Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)

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Frugality includes all the other virtues. Cicero Click to tweet

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus (Enchiridion)

Just because you can afford it doesn’t mean you should buy it. Suze Orman

If you want to get rich, remember that the way to do it is via equity, not salary. Sam Altman

He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends. William Shakespeare

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. Confucius

You don’t get rich by spending your time to save money. You get rich by saving your time to make money. Naval Ravikant

Change your focus from making money to serving more people. Serving people makes the money come in. Robert T. Kiyosaki

Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success – and success is in direct proportion to our service. Earl Nightingale

Real wealth is not about money. Real wealth is: not having to go to meetings, not having to spend time with jerks, not being locked into status games, not feeling like you have to say “yes”, not worrying about others claiming your time and energy. Real wealth is about freedom. James Clear

Human beings are much bigger than just making money. Muhammad Yunus

In the Middle Ages, the rich spent their money carelessly on extravagant luxuries, whereas peasants lived frugally minding every penny. Today, the tables have turned. The rich take great care managing their assets and investments while the less well go into debt buying cars and televisions they don’t really need. Yuval Noah Harari

The supreme commandment of the rich is ‘Invest! The supreme commandment of the rest of us is Buy! Yuval Noah Harari

Wealth does not make people happy, but positive increases in wealth may. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Do not spend what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. Warren Buffett

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. Berthold Auerbach

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it. George S. Clason (The Richest Man In Babylon)

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy. Izaak Waldon

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Woody Allen

It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. George Lorimer

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. Agesilaus

Remember that the only purpose of money is to get you what you want, so think hard about what you value and put it above money. Ray Dalio

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. Richard M. DeVos

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. Jonathan Swift Click to tweet

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. Miguel de Cervantes

Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day. Sarah Ban Breathnach

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. Seneca

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See also: 7 Lessons about Money and Life (chrisreining.com)

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Money Quotes About Happiness And Frugality

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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself. Plato Click to tweet

Don’t go to work to make money; go to work to spread joy. Marianne Williamson

If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. Vicki Robin (Your Money Or Your Life)

While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. Groucho Marx

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Find something you love to do. If you don’t make money at it, at least you love going to work. Mark Cuban

If you weren’t happy yesterday you won’t be happy tomorrow. It’s money. It’s not happiness. Mark Cuban

The more you stress over bills, the more difficult it is to focus on your goals. The cheaper you can live, the greater your options Mark Cuban

Happiness starts with you. Not with your relationships, not with your job, not with your money, but with you. Unknown

If you want to feel rich, just count all the gifts you have that money can’t buy. Unknown

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. Maya Angelou

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

Making money isn’t the backbone of our guiding purpose; making money is the by-product of our guiding purpose. If you’re doing something you love, you’re more likely to put your all into it, and that generally equates to making money. Warren Buffett

You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy. Garth Brooks

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. Thomas Jefferson

I have always enjoyed a simple lifestyle. I have very modest needs in terms of material comfort. Li Ka Shing

I would like to do more meaningful deeds. I don’t care how much money or how much energy it takes. I have very simple needs. With the blessings that I have received, I have no need for more wealth. Li Ka Shing

Life’s value is lost when the pursuit of money becomes the goal as opposed to the pursuit of true happiness. Steven Redhead

For me, the best things in life — meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other basic needs and pleasures — are not, past a certain point, materially improved upon by having a lot of money. Ray Dalio

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that. But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it’s the same hamburger. Bill Gates (Microsoft)

I’m not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn’t bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation. William Clay Ford, Jr.

It’s easier to feel a little more spiritual with a couple of bucks in your pocket. Craig Ferguson

Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. Mike Ditka

Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this. Dave Ramsey

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by. Alek Wek

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. Arthur Schopenhauer

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. Henry Miller

In a heart filled with gratitude, there is no room for discontentment. Rachel Cruze

Possessions make you rich? I don’t have that type of richness. My richness is life, forever. Bob Marley

Do what you love and the money will follow. Marsha Sinetar

A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau Click to tweet

Money Quotes About Attitude, Morality, Integrity

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A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus Click to tweet

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third. Angelina Jolie

My principles are more important than the money or my title. Muhammad Ali

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. Charles R. Swindoll

Winning at money is 80 percent behavior and 20 percent head knowledge. What to do isn’t the problem; doing it is. Most of us know what to do, but we just don’t do it. If I can control the guy in the mirror, I can be skinny and rich. Dave Ramsey

I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth shall starve in the process. Benjamin Harrison

Never go into business purely to make money. If that’s the motive you’re better off doing nothing. Richard Branson

I am not impressed by money, social status or job title. I’m impressed by the way someone treats other human beings. Unknown

There are some things that money can’t buy… like manners, morals and integrity. Unknown

If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing. Henry Kravis

How you spend your money is how you vote on what exists in the world. Vicki Robin (Your Money Or Your Life) Click to tweet

If you’re chasing money, you’ll always be lacking. Chase purpose and money will chase you. Tony Gaskins

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Norman Vincent Peale

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it’s the ability to give. Adam Neumann

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence. Dada Vaswani

Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night. Marian Wright Edelman

There are things that might bring in a lot of money but I wouldn’t do. A person has to be able to look beyond money. As long as we can keep our dignity, life becomes more meaningful. Li Ka Shing

Understand that ethical wealth creation is possible. If you secretly despise wealth, it will elude you. Navel Ravikant

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. John Ruskin

Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value. Joe Biden

Money Quotes About Time

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Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble. Shirley Temple Click to tweet

Show me where a man spends his time and money, and I’ll show you his god. Martin Luther

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time. Jim Rohn

If you want to be wealthy, spend your time relaxing, or earning. Outsource or ignore everything else. Naval Ravikant

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg

Instead of buying stuff, buy time. Spending money to save time boosts happiness. Adam Grant

Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life. Michael Leboeuf

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation. Zig Ziglar

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Time is money. Benjamin Franklin

Be selective with who you invest your time. Wasted time is worse than wasted money. Unknown Click to tweet

To say that “time is money” is a grotesque undervaluation of time. You can lose a fortune and make another one. Lost time is irretrievable. Do not trade time for trifles. The Stoic Emperor

They say time is money, but that’s not true. You can make your money back. Steven Griffith

Time and money are mostly interchangeable. Winston Churchill

See also: 10 Ways To Save Time Every Day (blog.paleohacks.com)

Money Quotes About The Law Of Attraction

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Money is usually attracted, not pursued. Jim Rohn Click to tweet

All that spirits desire, spirits attain. Kahlil Gibran

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. Wayne W. Dyer

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us. Julia Cameron

Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. Napoleon Hill

You can attract only that which you mentally become and feel yourself to be in reality. Ernest Holmes

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results. Norman Vincent Peale

Abundance is a mindset, not a dollar amount. Cultivate gratitude for the things you have now and everything that is added will feel like a bonus. Tony Robbins

Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be. Abraham Hicks

See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It always works, it works every time with every person. Bob Proctor

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle

The Law of Attraction states that whatever you focus on, think about, read about, and talk about intensely, you’re going to attract more of into your life. Jack Canfield

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; for everyone who asks, receives. The Bible

If you are feeling a shortage of time or money, your best effort would be to focus upon better-feeling thoughts, and do more things that make you feel good. Abraham Hicks

Everybody is like a magnet. You attract to yourself reflections of that which you are. David R. Hawkins

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen

Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich)

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. Napoleon Hill

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it’s already there. Richard Bach Click to tweet

What you focus on you create more of. Jen Sincero (You Are a Badass at Making Money)

The daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by which your wealth will come to you. Rhonda Byrne (The Secret)

Life isn’t happening to you; life is responding to you. Rhonda Byrne

See also: How To Attract Money The Spiritual Way (blog.mindvalley.com)

Money Quotes About Love

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A simple “I love you” means more than money. Frank Sinatra Click to tweet

He who marries for love without money has good nights and sorry days. Unknown

Love is the most expensive gift. Make sure you don’t give it to someone that’s cheap. Unknown

Love of money is the disease which makes men most groveling and pitiful. Cassius Longinus

Love is worth so much more than money. There are so many people who are filthy rich, but have nobody to genuinely love them. Unconditional love is priceless. Suzy Kassem

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. Amy Carmichael

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. Satchel Paige

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man. Kahlil Gibran

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves. Ralph W. Sockman

Love is like money… hard to find easy to lose. Ally Mbululo

A man in love is like a clipped coupon — it’s time to cash in. Mae West

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. Mae West

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Henry David Thoreau Click to tweet

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

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. Jackie Kennedy

You’d be surprised what people will do for money that they wouldn’t do for love. Rachel Caine

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. Judy Garland

Love is like money… hard to find easy to lose. Ally Mbululo

Money Quotes About Friends, Family

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Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go. Margaret Walker Click to tweet

Money doesn’t make people happy. People make people happy. Steve Wynn

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody. Agatha Christie

Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there. Will Smith

Money can’t buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy. Spike Milligan

Making money is a happiness. And that’s a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness. Muhammad Yunus

He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all. Eleanor Roosevelt

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family. Barbara Corcoran (Shark Tank)

It doesn’t take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time. Marianne Williamson

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. Billy Graham

The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. Mark Twain

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you. Katherine Whitehorn

I believe in giving my kids enough so they can do anything, but not so much that they can do nothing. Warren Buffett

How much would you sell a good relationship for? There’s not enough money in the world to get you to part with a valued relationship. Ray Dalio

Remember that in great partnerships, consideration and generosity are more important than money. Ray Dalio

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler Click to tweet

See also: family quotes

Money Quotes About Education, Children

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Teaching kids about money is never just about money. Dave Ramsey Click to tweet

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know. T. Harv Eker (Secrets of the Millionaire Mind)

A child must be taught early that money is only a means, a type of usefulness, an implement. Like all instruments, it has certain purposes, but it will not do everything. One must learn how to use it, what it will do, but above all what it will not do. Bruce Lee

Schools teach you how to work for money, but don’t teach how to make money work for you. Robert T. Kiyosaki

Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge. Robert T. Kiyosaki

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. Barack Obama

Don’t be impressed by money, followers, degrees and titles. Be impressed by kindness, integrity, humility and generosity. Unknown

The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind. T.T. Munger

Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you will have. Brian Tracy

What is important when you are young is to train yourself to get by with little money and make the most of your youthful energy. Robert Greene

Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect. Robert Greene

Value learning over money. Robert Greene

There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing them, we are failing ourselves. Marianne Williamson

Study the biographies of those who have built great fortunes, and you will learn that money came to them after they had produced or discovered something. William J. Reilly

True happiness lies in the pursuit of your goal, achievement in your chosen field. This must always remain primary. Whenever money becomes primary, you are on treacherous ground. William J. Reilly

Those who keep learning, will keep rising in life. Charlie Munger Click to tweet

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset. Tom Hopkins

If you want your income to grow, you too must grow. Idowu Koyenikan

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money… but lots of love. Hilda Solis

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by. Alek Wek

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. Katharine Whitehorn

That man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded. George S. Clason (The Richest Man In Babylon)

If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential. Ray Dalio (Principles)

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset. Tom Hopkins

Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. Voltaire

More education quotes

See also: 15 Ways to Teach Kids About Money (daveramsey.com)

Quotes About Making Money, Wealth, Being Rich

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Making money is not a thing that you do – it’s a skill that you learn. Naval Ravikant Click to tweet

What you do, and how you do it, is so much more important than how hard you do it. Naval Ravikant

Money never comes from hard work. Money comes from being of service and adding value to people’s lives. Ralph Napolitano

If you want to get rich, stop focusing on what you want, focus on what people want. Unknown

If you’re good at something, never do it for free. Jonathan Nolan

The way to become rich is to make money, not to save it. Kate Chopin

Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline. Thomas J. Stanley (The Millionaire Next Door)

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more. Charles Caleb Colton

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty. James Russell Lowell

The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money. Guy Kawasaki

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head. A. R. Rahman

Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun. Muhammad Yunus

Profit or perish… There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs. Fred DeLuca

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Henry Ford

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

Making money isn’t hard in itself… What’s hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to. Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you. Tony Hsieh (Zappos)

Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises. Aristotle

Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow. Thornton Wilder

I like to take risks. That’s how I make money. But they are calculated risks. Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank)

You get rich connecting with opportunities that can produce and multiply money. You don’t get rich saving money… Missing opportunities is what costs people money. Grant Cardone

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau Click to tweet

Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted. Ray Dalio

There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to make money and how much money one makes. Ray Dalio

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus

See also: 7 Surefire Strategies To Build Massive Wealth According to the Top 7 Finance Books (medium.com)

Money Quotes About Business, Entrepreneurship

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A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Henry Ford Click to tweet

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Carter G. Woodson

Perfection is the enemy of profitability. Mark Cuban (Shark Tank)

Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession. Mark Cuban

It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. Napoleon Hill

We should be focusing on building the things that don’t exist. Larry Page (Google)

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Milton Friedman

Put the customers first, the employees second, and the shareholders third. Jack Ma (Alibaba)

What I love doing is creating things I can be proud of, and if you create things that you can be proud of, the byproduct of that can be that you become a millionaire or you become a billionaire, because people like what you’ve created. Richard Branson (Virgin)

We’re never in lack of money. We lack people with dreams, (people) who can die for those dreams. Jack Ma

You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale. Naval Ravikant (Check out this amazing Twitter Storm by Naval)

People don’t care about your business they care about their problems… so be the solution they need. Unknown

Start with the customer and work backwards. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. Jeff Bezos

Pay people enough so that they’re not thinking about money and they’re thinking about the work. Once you do that, it turns out there are three factors that the science shows lead to better performance, not to mention personal satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Dan Pink (Drive)

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. Andy Warhol

Don’t start a business. Find a problem. Solve a problem. The business comes second. Robert Herjavec (Shark Tank) (See also: entrepreneur quotes)

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. Zig Ziglar

If you make a really good product that people want and are willing to pay for, money will come. Forrest Mars, Jr.

Money is just a consequence. I always say to my team, ‘Don’t worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come’. Bernard Arnault

To do meaningful work is to contribute – to create value in society. Charles Koch

Money is not a goal. The goal is to make companies grow, develop, be competitive, be in different areas, be efficient to have a great human team inside the company. Carlos Slim Helu

If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you’re going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to ‘be different’. Larry Ellison (Oracle)

Being an entrepreneur isn’t really about starting a business. It’s a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge. Michael Bloomberg

A good reputation for yourself and your company is an invaluable asset not reflected in the balance sheets. Li Ka Shing

Reputation is the key to success. You have to be loyal to your customers. Li Ka Shing

America owes 80% of it’s economic growth today to new inventions. Li Ka Shing

Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable. Naval Ravikant Click to tweet

Quotes About Investing, Saving Money, Freedom

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Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source. Warren Buffett

Beware the investment activity that produces applause. The great moves are usually greeted by yawns. Warren Buffett

The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient. Warren Buffett

Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years. Warren Buffett

If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes. Warren Buffett

You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity – a piece of a business – to gain your financial freedom. Naval Ravikant

The reason you want wealth is because it buys you freedom. Naval Ravikant

Never spend your money before you have earned it. Thomas Jefferson

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men’s stupidity, but your talent to their reason. Ayn Rand

The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If it’s not going to go up, don’t buy it! Will Rogers

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it. Proverb

Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest. Unknown

If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring. George Soros

Investing isn’t about beating others at their game. It’s about controlling yourself at your own game. Benjamin Graham (The Intelligent Investor)

I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes. George Soros

A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin Click to tweet

The person who doesn’t know where his next dollar is coming from usually doesn’t know where his last dollar went. Unknown

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble. Ray Dalio

A good investor in this new world knows to always expect the unexpected. Jim Cramer

A simple fact that is hard to learn is that the time to save money is when you have some. Joe Moore

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. James Madison

Put all good eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. Andrew Carnegie

If you would become wealthy, then what you save must earn, and its children must earn, that all may help to give to you the abundance you crave. George S. Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon)

I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful. Warren Buffett

In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable. Robert Arnott

Money speaks only one language: “If you save me today, I will save you tomorrow”. Unknown

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Benjamin Franklin

Try to save something while your salary is small; it’s impossible to save after you begin to earn more. Jack Benny

Don’t think in terms of taking huge risks to get rewards. Think about the least amount of risk for the greatest reward, and be extremely disciplined in that. Tony Robbins

To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep. David Bailey

Whatever your income, always live below your means. Thomas J. Stanley (The Millionaire Next Door)

Know what you own, and know why you own it. Peter Lynch

See also: How to Save Money: 100 Great Tips to Get You Started (thesimpledollar.com)

Quotes About Debt, Borrowing

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He who promises runs in debt. The Talmud Click to tweet

Every time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self. Nathan W. Morris

You will either tell your money what to do, or the lack of it will always manage you. Dave Ramsey

Who goeth a borrowing. Goeth a sorrowing. Thomas Tusser

Debt is the worst poverty. Thomas Fuller

Borrowing is the mother of trouble. Hebrew proverb

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. Andrew Jackson

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. Benjamin Franklin

Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt. Benjamin Franklin

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt. Benjamin Franklin

Creditors have better memories than debtors. Benjamin Franklin

Don’t let your mouth write no check that your tail can’t cash. Bo Diddley

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage. Bill Balance

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. Ambrose Bierce (The Devil’s Dictionary)

Promises make debts, and debts make promises, but promises never pay debts… Charles H. Spurgeon (Plain Advice for Plain People)

Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn’t expect to be paid back. Unknown

The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity than a friend is a creditor. Unknown

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. American proverb

You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it. Stephen Richards Click to tweet

Money Quotes About Evil, The Bad Sides Of Money

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Lack of money is the root of all evil. George Bernard Shaw Click to tweet

If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees. Guy Kawasaki

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings. Carl Sandburg

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Arthur Schopenhauer

Defining success as money and power is like sitting on a two-legged stool. Arianna Huffington

Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue. Andy Stanley

Money is like oxygen: you need it to breathe, but it can also suffocate you. Jack Dorsey (Twitter)

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. Margaret Thatcher

You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you. Dave Ramsey

If you worship money and things – if they are where you tap real meaning in life – then you will never have enough. David Foster Wallace (This Is Water)

Money poisons you when you’ve got it, and starves you when you haven’t. D.H. Lawrence

Money is the wealthy man’s curtain which hides all his defects from the world. Unknown

Prestige is the shadow of money and power. C. Wright Mills

Many have jeopardized their own pursuit of wealth or financial independence for the allusion of looking wealthy instead of being wealthy. Andrew Hallam (Millionaire Teacher)

Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry. George Orwell

Money without brains is always dangerous. Napoleon Hill

The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it. Ayn Rand

Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man’s true worth. Criss Jami

If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing thing you don’t like doing, which is stupid. Alan Watts

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. Margaret Thatcher

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Norman Vincent Peale

They who are of the opinion that money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for money. George Saville

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep. Ray Davies

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. Simone Weil

There are no get rich quick schemes. That’s just someone else getting rich off you. Naval Ravikant

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil. Henry Fielding Click to tweet

Money Quotes About Philanthropy, Charity, Doing Good

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No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank Click to tweet

Your dream is to feel good; God’s dream is for you to do good. Shannon L. Alder

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense. Emanuel Swedenborg

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we’d want to get involved. Bill Gates

Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world. Melinda Gates

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations. Michael Bloomberg

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. Homer

To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task. Sophocles Click to tweet

I’m going to give away a lot more than half my money. I’d be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I’m giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people. Ray Dalio

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement. Martin Luther King Jr

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters. Amit Ray

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Philanthropy is not about money, it’s about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help. Timothy Pina

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us. Louisa May Alcott

Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven. Henry Ward Beecher

My goal wasn’t to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers. Steve Wozniak (Apple)

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance. Richard Branson

As I started getting rich, I started thinking, “what the hell am I going to do with all this money?”. You have to learn to give. Ted Turner (CNN)

How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

I would rather have it said, “He lived usefully”, than, “He died rich”. Benjamin Franklin

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens

You reach a point where you don’t work for money. Walt Disney

Philanthropy is about solving problems. Naveen Jain

Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves. Andrew Carnegie

Giving is about more than donating money. It’s about sharing your capabilities, content, and connections—and above all, giving others the chance to be heard, respected, and valued. Adam Grant

Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive. Arianna Huffington

The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek)

The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. Bono

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Eli Broad

Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. Minor Myers Jr

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. Victor Hugo Click to tweet

See also: These are the charities where your money will do the most good (vox.com) or 5 Ways To Donate To Charity Effectively (forbes.com)

Part 4. Money Quotes From…

Money Quotes From The Richest Men In The World

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I just sit in my office and read all day. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. Bill Gates (Microsoft)

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. Bill Gates

It’s okay to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. Elon Musk (Tesla)

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. Elon Musk

There is no better catalyst to success than curiosity. Michael Dell

I started Dell with $1000 dollars. Now it’s a billion dollar company. Impossible is nothing. Michael Dell

What should exist? To me, that’s the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don’t have? How can we realise our potential? Paul Allen (Microsoft)

Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency. Phil Knight (Nike)

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. Phil Knight

I can’t comment on what having a lot of money means to others, but I do know that for me, having a lot more money isn’t a lot better than having enough to cover the basics. Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first. Sergey Brin (Google)

You can make money without doing evil. Sergey Brin

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. Larry Page (Google)

Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. Larry Page Click to tweet

We want to create beautiful, intuitive services and technologies that are so incredibly useful that people use them twice a day. Like they use a toothbrush. There aren’t that many things people use twice a day. Larry Page

Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult. Jack Ma (Alibaba)

I don’t care about revenues. Jack Ma

Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

I mean, the real story is actually pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded. Mark Zuckerberg

When something has to be done, do it. In France, we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice. Bernard Arnault (LVMH)

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things. S. Robson Walton (Walmart)

One day, I had asked my mother for a pair of sneakers. And the look on her face that she couldn’t afford it – it just made me realize that I needed to step up as a man. Sean Combs (P. Diddy)

Change your language and you change your thoughts. Karl Albrecht (Aldi)

I believe people have to follow their dreams — I did. Larry Ellison (Oracle)

Whatever money is, it’s just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don’t need more money. Larry Ellison

People were working eight hours a day, but I worked sixteen hours… It was really full, non-stop work. Li Ka Shing (Hong Kong investor and philanthropist)

Invest now, before it’s too late. The train is about to leave the station. Aliko Dangote (Dangote Group, Nigeria)

Everything I’ve done I’ve copied from somebody else. Sam Walton (Walmart)

High expectations are the key to everything. Sam Walton Click to tweet

See also: inspirational quotes for men

Money Quotes From The Richest Women In The World

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What would you do if you weren’t afraid. Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook) Click to tweet

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness. Sheryl Sandberg

Done is better than perfect. Sheryl Sandberg

A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all. Jacqueline Mars (American candy company Mars)

We are each other’s destiny. Jacqueline Mars (American candy company Mars)

My relationship with money is that it’s a tool to be self-sufficient, but it’s not something that is a part of who I am. Laurene Powell Jobs (widow and heir of Steve Jobs)

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark – in a way that you think is important and lasting – that’s a life well-lived. Laurene Powell Jobs

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others. Gina Rinehart (Hancock Prospecting)

There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you’re jealous of those with more money, don’t just sit there and complain – do something to make more money yourself. Gina Rinehart

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward. Abigail Johnson (Fidelity Investments)

Independent thinking is one of the things most valued in an investment professional. Abigail Johnson

Whether it’s salary or a promotion or a job, I think it’s important for women to ask for what they think they deserve. Susan Wojcicki (Youtube)

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what’s going to happen. Susan Wojcicki

If you do every job like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, that’s when you get noticed. Mary Barra (GM)

My definition of innovative is providing value to the customer. Mary Barra

I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. Ginni Rometty (IBM)

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share. Ginni Rometty

Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can. Hillary Clinton

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas. Hillary Clinton

I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it’s not the same financial success, it’ll lead you to the money that’ll make you the happiest. Ellen DeGeneres

A lot of money with the wrong career is not going to make you happy. If you have money without happiness, it doesn’t mean anything. It’s all about happiness. Ellen DeGeneres

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous. Ellen DeGeneres

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let’s face it, money gives men the power to run the show. Beyoncé Knowles

I don’t flaunt my money. I like to stay at nice hotels but I’m not a flashy chick. I haven’t got much jewellery or anything. Beyoncé Knowles

The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money. Oprah Winfrey

I hope the way you spend your money is in line with the truth of who you are and what you care about. I hope that your money brings joy to you and the ones you love. And I hope you use it as a powerful force for good to fulfill your best intentions. Oprah Winfrey

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey

Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career. Meg Whitman (Hewlett Packard)

‘Perfect’ is the enemy of ‘good enough’. Meg Whitman Click to tweet

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake. Meg Whitman

Barack and I were both raised by families who didn’t have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable – their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves. Michelle Obama

If your family doesn’t have much money, I want you to remember that in this country, plenty of folks, including me and my husband, we started out with very little. Michelle Obama

Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. Michelle Obama

Find people who will make you better. Michelle Obama Click to tweet

Part 5. Money Affirmations

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Money flows into my life from all directions. Click to tweet

I am wealthy.

I am a magnet for money. Prosperity is drawn to me.

Money comes to me easily and effortlessly.

Money is the root of joy and comfort.

I am the master of my wealth.

My life is full of abundance.

I deserve to have abundance and prosperity.

I always think positively about money and wealth.

I am open to receive wealth in many ways.

Money comes to me in miraculous ways.

The more I contribute for others. The more money I make. Click to tweet

Money now comes to me from unexpected sources.

I am deserving of abundance in my life.

Attracting money is easy.

Life is abundant and I am safe.

Every day in every way, I receive more and more money.

An avalanche of money is coming my way.

I can easily imagine myself having limitless abundance.

Money will be flowing into my life.

I am worthy of a wealthy life.

I am grateful for what I already have and for all that I receive now. Click to tweet

Part 6. Conclusion

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Ultimately, there’s one investment that supersedes all others: Invest in yourself. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

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