Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"The accumulation of capital requires the suppression of certain human desires."
Max Weber
H
"Money is a useful servant but a tyrannical master."
Harriet Martineau
H
"Money should serve humanity, not the reverse."
Harriet Martineau
H
"Money is neither good nor evil; it is the reflection of value exchanged."
Herbert Spencer
R
"The pursuit of money beyond a certain point does not increase happiness."
Roy Baumeister
R
"Money is a tool, not an end in itself."
Roy Baumeister
M
"Economic life without ethical restraint becomes merely the pursuit of naked self-interest."
Max Weber
M
"Wealth without wisdom becomes a prison of its own making."
Max Weber
M
"The pursuit of profit has become disconnected from any moral framework."
Max Weber
M
"Economic competition corrodes the bonds of kinship and neighborly goodwill."
Max Weber
H
"The accumulation of wealth means nothing without the wealth of meaningful relationships."
Harriet Martineau
M
"Our relationship with money reveals much about our relationship with life itself."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
"Money cannot buy happiness, but security and generosity can contribute to it."
Martin Seligman
M
"Money is a tool for creating the life you value."
Martin Seligman
A
"Wealth beyond a certain point has diminishing effects on happiness."
Amos Tversky
H
"The more a person owns, the more they are owned by their possessions."
Harriet Martineau
C
"Money is a tool; it is not the destination."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Money amplifies who we already are."
Christopher Peterson
H
"Money is crystallized effort; it should be used wisely."
Herbert Spencer
M
"Money matters less when you are clear about what truly matters to you."
Martin Seligman
R
"Money influences happiness but not in ways most people intuitively expect"
Roy Baumeister
A
"Money matters, but not as much as we think it matters."
Amos Tversky
D
"Money does not make people happy beyond a point of adequacy."
Daniel Kahneman
D
"Overconfidence in the markets is a persistent phenomenon across all investors."
Daniel Kahneman
H
"Poverty is not a virtue, but ignorance of how to address it is a sin."
Harriet Martineau
M
"The pursuit of wealth without purpose is a hollow victory."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
"Money is only valuable if it serves your purpose, not if it becomes your purpose."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
C
"Money is a tool for enabling the good life, not the substance of it."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Money's value depends entirely on what we use it for."
Christopher Peterson
R
"Money doesn't buy happiness, but poverty definitely buys unhappiness."
Roy Baumeister