Riches are like muck which stinks in a heap but spread abroad makes the earth fruitful.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
—Chinese Proverb
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
—Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist
If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
—Hebrew Proverb
After a certain point money is meaningless. It’s the game that counts.
—Aristotle Onassis (1906–75) Argentine-Greek Shipping Magnate
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
—Aristotle Onassis (1906–75) Argentine-Greek Shipping Magnate
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
—Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director
As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.
—Richard DeVos (1926–2018) American Businessman, Philanthropist
You can’t fatten the pig on market day.
—John Howard
One man’s wage rise is another man’s price increase.
—Harold Wilson British Political Leader
It comes down to this: either you control money, or it controls you. To control money, you must manage it.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American Novelist, Playwright
Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time.
—Wendell Berry (b.1934) American Poet, Novelist, Environmentalist
The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English Dramatist, Poet, Actor
No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Money begets money.
—Italian Proverb
I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
—Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) (1870–1916) British Short Story Writer, Satirist, Historian
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 (b.1946) American Children’s Books Writer, Sportsperson
This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
—Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English Novelist, Scriptwriter
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash.
—Unknown
The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
There is a certain Buddhistic calm that comes from having … money in the bank.
—Tom Robbins (1932–2025) American Novelist known for Seriocomic Fiction
Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn’t a God.
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) American-British Essayist, Bibliophile
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
—Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
—Jane Austen (1775–1817) English Novelist
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
—Woody Allen (b.1935) American Film Actor, Director
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
—Ogden Nash (1902–71) American Writer of Sophisticated Light Verse
Money is usually attracted, not pursued.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
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
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