Quotes about money and wealth
I have selected out various themes of quotations to make them a little easier to browse, all these quotes are about 'Money and wealth'.- The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. (Miguel de Cervantes)
- Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. (Unknown)
- If you lend someone twenty five pounds and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. (Unknown)
- Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time. (Aristotle)
- When you're young, you look at most of the programs on television and think, 'There's a conspiracy! The networks have conspired to dumb us down!' But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in the business to make money by giving people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic. You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution. (Steve Jobs)
- It is better to have less if it is with peace of mind than to have abundant wealth but with tormented spirit. (Ecclesiastes)
- I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends and a wife and children to share life's beauty with you. (J. Kenfield Morley)
- A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. (Charles Gordy)
- Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow. (Unknown)
- The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have. (S. Richardson)
- A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it (Unknown)
- Money like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself. (Dr. Wayne Dyer)
- If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves. (Mark Twain)
- Don't concentrate on making a lot of money, but rather on becoming the type of person people want to do business with. (Patricia Fripp)
- In a change of government, the poor change nothing but the name of their master. (Aesop) [The Ass and the Old Shepherd - Aesop's Fables]
- The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. (Unknown)
- If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you. (Lao Tzu)
- Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving. (Dan Millman)
- Living the champagne life on a lemonade wage. (Unknown)
- We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. (Winston Churchill)
- View money and things not as something you create to fill a lack, but as tools to help you more fully express yourself and realize your potential. (Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer)
- The best cure for sea sickness is to sit under a tree. (Spike Milligan)
- It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. (Henry Ward Beecher)
- All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. (Spike Milligan)
- The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own. (Benjamin Disraeli)
- Money talks. Chocolate sings. (Unknown)
- Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. (Spike Milligan)
- Some people think that the gold is at the end of the rainbow, but you and I both know that the gold is the whole rainbow. (Emma Fairclough)
- A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. (Jonathan Swift)
- When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition. (Brian S. Wesbury)
- It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. (Upton Sinclair)
- Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. (Thomas Edison)
- Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. (Will Rogers)
- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. (Aesop) [The Milkmaid and Her Pail - Aesop's Fables]
- The best way to determine the success of a man is not by wealth alone, but more importantly if he is alone in his wealth. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. (Epicurus) [341 -270 BC - ancient Greek philosopher]
- Money - like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself - is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself. (Dr. Wayne Dyer)
- It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors but everyone may be good, generous, and wise. (Luc De Clapiers)
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