Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money is a tool; let it not be your master."
Toni Cade Bambara
"A nation's character is revealed in how it distributes its wealth."
Carl Sandburg
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"Money is always there but the pockets change."
Gertrude Stein
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"Money is really not the root of all evil at all."
Gertrude Stein
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"The answer to everything, is money."
Gertrude Stein
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"The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit—his promise to pay."
Robert Frost
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"The worst mistake is to imagine one understands money."
Ezra Pound
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"Money is the root of all good when justly distributed."
Ezra Pound
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"Every man has his price, and it is usually much lower than he expects."
Ezra Pound
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"Money cannot buy the most valuable things: love, health, and peace of mind."
Alice Walker
"Money is a tool; it is neither good nor evil; it depends on how you use it."
Maya Angelou
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Carl Sandburg
"Money cannot buy happiness."
Carl Sandburg
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"Money follows values, not the reverse."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Money is energy."
Toni Cade Bambara
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"Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant."
Robert Frost
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"Money is neutral until we assign our values and humanity to its use."
Alice Walker
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"Money cannot buy what the soul truly needs."
Richard Wright
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"Money is a tool for living, not the goal of life."
Richard Wright
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"Money is crystallized human labor, and its distribution reflects our values."
Richard Wright
"Money, if it does not bring you peace, is money wasted."
Maya Angelou
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Maya Angelou
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Maya Angelou
"Money is frozen possibility; how we use it reveals our deepest beliefs."
Ralph Ellison
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"Money, it has been said, is the root of all evil. And yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes."
James Baldwin
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"Let me possess the lands, and let others have the money."
Zora Neale Hurston
"Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort."
Maya Angelou
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"Money is not something you pursue; it is something that finds you."
Alice Walker
"Human beings are more important than money."
Toni Morrison
"Money is only valuable if it serves human dignity."
Toni Morrison