380 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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All the money you made will never buy back your soul. Bob Dylan Click to tweet

When I had money everyone called me brother. Polish proverb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frugality includes all the other virtues. Cicero

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

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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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

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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

Money is not the root of all evil; there’s nothing evil about it. But the lust for money is bad. Naval Ravikant

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

Call to action: Read 11 financial experts share the best money advice they’ve ever received (businessinsider.com)