Money Quotes

Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.

13074 quotes

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"Money is a tool, not a measure of a person's worth or success."
Gordon Allport
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"Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself."
Gordon Allport
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"Money matters most to those low in conscientiousness."
Hans Eysenck
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"Money is frozen desire; it's a way of expressing what we value."
Rollo May
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"Money cannot buy what the soul truly needs."
Alice Miller
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"Money is a tool; only character is wealth."
Robert McCrae
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"Money is a measure of value exchange, not a measure of human worth."
Raymond Cattell
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"Money spent on developing people yields higher returns than money spent on systems alone."
Raymond Cattell
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth or purpose."
Costa Paul
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"Money is a permission slip we've all agreed is valuable."
Costa Paul
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"Money is a useful tool, but a terrible master."
Gordon Allport
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"Money can buy comfort but not contentment."
Gordon Allport
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"Money cannot buy the security we seek if that security was never established in childhood."
Alice Miller
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"Money is a tool, not a destination."
James Clear
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"Money is frozen potential—it becomes meaningful only when released."
Costa Paul
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"Money follows attention, but happiness follows meaning."
Costa Paul
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Hans Eysenck
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"Money is freedom if used wisely, slavery if pursued desperately."
Hans Eysenck
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"Money is often pursued as an end when it should be understood merely as a means to freedom."
Raymond Cattell
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"Money is a tool for creating freedom, not a goal in itself, and this distinction matters greatly."
Raymond Cattell
"Money is a tool for enabling human flourishing, not an end in itself."
Dacher Keltner
"Money should serve our values, not determine them."
Dacher Keltner
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"Money is a tool; what matters is how we use it."
David Buss
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"Money is frozen desire."
Rollo May
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"Money is the crystallized expression of value."
Rollo May
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"Don't increase your income without increasing your ability to manage money."
James Clear
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"Money obtained through the surrender of self is a poor bargain indeed."
Alice Miller
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"Money cannot buy the healing that comes from being truly valued."
Alice Miller
"Money and status are tools; meaning and connection are the actual goals worth pursuing."
Dacher Keltner
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"The desire for wealth reflects ancestral preferences for resources and security."
David Buss