Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money is like sea water; the more you drink, the thirstier you become."
J.P. Morgan
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"I have always believed that the best way to earn money is to first learn how to make it."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The way to get rich is to make my service worth more to the people than it costs."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Take care of the cents and the dollars will take care of themselves."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The secret to wealth is to make money work for you."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
"The question is not how much money you make, but what you do with it."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"I am convinced that half the trouble in the world comes from people trying to appear wealthier than they are."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"I believe the power to make money is a gift from God."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I never wanted to make friends, I wanted to make money."
John D. Rockefeller
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"You must save before you can spend."
John D. Rockefeller
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"It's not how much money you make, but how much you keep."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Every dollar earned is invested wisely."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I measure my wealth not in dollars but in the difference I've made."
George Eastman
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"True wealth is having time to pursue what matters and people who matter to you."
George Eastman
"Money is merely a tool for creation."
Pierre Boulez
"Money follows passion, not the reverse."
Pierre Boulez
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"Gold is money, everything else is credit."
J.P. Morgan
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"Money is the root of everything good when properly used."
J.P. Morgan
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"Money respects those who respect money."
J.P. Morgan
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"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."
Henry Ford
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"Money is not real capital. Money represents capital, but it is not capital in itself."
Henry Ford
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"Every man should spend his money for the things that matter most to him in life."
Henry Ford
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"The man who has a million dollars is as well off as the man who has a billion."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The gospel of wealth but the corollary is that surplus wealth can become poisonous."
Andrew Carnegie
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"To have a reputation of being a millionaire does not help in making a million."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."
Andrew Carnegie
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"To have an income to begin with is the sole thing necessary to commence the accumulation of wealth."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The only way to become truly prosperous is to manage what you have and invest wisely for the future."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Money cannot buy authentic experience."
Pierre Schaeffer