Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

"Wealth without wisdom is a curse."
Daniel Defoe
S
"The sight of a large sum in a man's bank account has a strong effect on his character."
Stendhal
S
"Money is virtue."
Stendhal
F
"Money is the root of much good when properly used."
Frances Burney
F
"Wealth without wisdom is poverty of the soul."
Frances Burney
H
"The power of money is very considerable."
Henry Fielding
H
"The love of money is the root of all evil."
Henry Fielding
"Covetousness is a sin forbidden so strictly in the word of God that He has ranked it with murder and theft."
Daniel Defoe
"The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money."
Daniel Defoe
J
"Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the hiding, excessive poverty."
Jonathan Swift
J
"Money is the sinews of business and battle."
Jonathan Swift
A
"Money is a tool; the use we make of it defines our values."
Ann Radcliffe
A
"Money given freely brings joy; money grasped tightly brings only anxiety."
Ann Radcliffe
S
"Money is not the primary goal, honor and virtue are."
Samuel Johnson
S
"Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience."
Samuel Johnson
S
"Money cannot buy happiness but it gives you all the options."
Samuel Johnson
H
"The pursuit of money without principle leads to moral bankruptcy."
Henry Fielding
H
"Money obtained through dishonor brings shame that wealth cannot purchase away."
Henry Fielding
M
"Wealth does not consist in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
Mary Wollstonecraft
M
"Riches and honour have commonly misspent those hearts that were not formed by nature for such temptations."
Mary Wollstonecraft
"Money is the sinews of action."
Daniel Defoe
"The true measure of wealth is not what one has, but what one can afford to lose."
Daniel Defoe
"Money is a tool, not the measure of a person."
Eliza Haywood
"Wealth cannot buy what money cannot measure."
Eliza Haywood
J
"Wealth is the test of a man's character."
Jonathan Swift
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Aphra Behn
"Money is the root of both good and evil."
Aphra Behn
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Aphra Behn
M
"Money cannot buy what truly matters."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
M
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley