Make Money, Keep Money and Keep Perspective With These Quotes About Money
The topic of money is one of the most controversial yet essential topics we can possibly discuss. Everyone has their own opinion. Below are 15 quotes from respected individuals who explain their theory of money -- these are some of my favorite quotes in history.
"He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him." -Francis Bacon
"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
"It's not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It's the customer who pays the wages." -Henry Ford
"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain." -Robert Frost
"Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver." -Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"You don't have to die in order to make a living." - Lynn Johnston
"I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money." - David Lee Roth
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." -Author Unknown
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver." - Ayn Rand
"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair." -Sam Ewing
"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one." - Benjamin Franklin
"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." -Woody Allen
"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion." -Voltaire
"The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste." -M.W. Harrison
These money quotes are powerful, humorous and true. Money isn't everything, but must be used to emphasize that which is everything -- family, friendship, enjoyment and happiness itself.
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