Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money measures value poorly."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"I have always believed that it is important to circulate money to poorer sections of society."
John D. Rockefeller
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"It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it."
John D. Rockefeller
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"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."
John D. Rockefeller
J
"What is the best investment? Land. They're not making it anymore."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I have always found that if I took care of my pennies, the dollars would take care of themselves."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The man who dies with money dies disgraced."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Capital seeks the most profitable venture; guide it wisely."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Wealth without purpose is an empty achievement."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Save a part of your income, no matter how small, and you will build a fortune."
J.P. Morgan
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"The man who has no money is poor, but the man who has nothing but money is poorer still."
J.P. Morgan
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"You cannot build a great fortune by saving alone. You must invest wisely."
J.P. Morgan
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"Money should never dictate artistic choice."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Money measures success; integrity measures worth."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Money is not real. It is just a tool to move material goods around."
Henry Ford
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"The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make more money do more for the betterment of life."
Henry Ford
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"Money comes naturally to those who earn it through honest effort."
Henry Ford
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"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."
Henry Ford
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"I have always believed that it is important to circulate money in the community."
John D. Rockefeller
J
"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."
John D. Rockefeller
"Money should never dictate the artistic choices a composer makes."
Pierre Boulez
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"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The man who dies rich dies disgraced."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The penny cannot be saved if the pound is wasted."
Andrew Carnegie
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"There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money without being able to use it intelligently."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Every dollar I save is a soldier I place in my service."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Money follows passion, not the reverse."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Gold is money. Everything else is credit."
J.P. Morgan
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"Any man who must ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht cannot afford one."
J.P. Morgan
J
"Money moves with certainty; it always seeks the safest harbor."
J.P. Morgan