Get all you can without hunting your soul, your body, or your neighbor. Save all you can, cutting off every needless expense. Give all you can. Be glad to give, and ready to distribute; laying up in store for yourselves a good foundation against the time to come, that you may attain eternal life.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Religious Leader, Preacher, Theologian
Anywhere in the world salt is good to eat; anywhere in the world money is good to use.
—Chinese Proverb
Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
When money speaks the truth is silent.
—Russian Proverb
I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
When men are so busy making money that they have no time for anything else, then the day is not far off when they will have no money for anything else.
—William J. H. Boetcker (1873–1962) American Presbyterian Minister
Money does all things for reward.—Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
A nickel isn’t worth a dime today.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
One penny on land is better than ten on the sea.
—Danish Proverb
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he’s too busy to enjoy.
—Frank A. Clark
Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, “making it”, or success.
—Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) American Psychologist, Advice Columnist
I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love.
—John Lennon (1940–80) British Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Activist
A single idea—the sudden flash of a thought—may be worth a million dollars.
—Robert Collier (1885–1950) American Self-Help Author
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
—John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) American Oil Magnate, Philanthropist
If you have the wherewithal to have a lot of money, have it.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
‘Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
It’s just as easy to be happy with a lot of money as with a little.
—Marvin Traub (1925–2012) American Businessman
Mammon, n.: The god of the world’s leading religion.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852) American Statesman, Lawyer
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
—J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Business Person, Art Collector, Philanthropist
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist