Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly."
Bertrand Russell
R
"I have often thought that the world would be a much better place if people would devote themselves to the pursuit of truth rather than the accumulation of riches."
Robert Boyle
M
"True wealth consists not in possessions, but in understanding and capability."
Michael Faraday
J
"Wealth of spirit surpasses all material accumulation."
Jacques Charles
H
"Money is a tool, not a master; serve it wisely or it will serve you poorly."
Hans Christian Ørsted
G
"Money is a tool, not an end in itself."
Gilbert Lewis
J
"Money in science serves discovery or it serves nothing of importance."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
J
"Money spent on understanding nature pays dividends for eternity."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
R
"Money is a tool for achieving goals, not a goal in itself."
Robert Boyle
D
"Money is not the root of all evil; the love of money is."
Dmitri Mendeleev
D
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Dmitri Mendeleev
A
"Money is a means to an end, not the end itself."
Antoine Lavoisier
R
"The true wealth of a man is the extent of his knowledge."
Robert Boyle
P
"The pursuit of money without purpose leads to a poverty of spirit."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
P
"Money, when properly distributed according to rational principles, serves human flourishing."
Pierre-Simon Laplace
L
"Money is a tool for those who understand it, a master for those who do not."
Leonhard Euler
L
"Money is important only because we have decided it is."
Leonhard Euler
G
"Money is a tool; the question is what you build with it."
Gottfried Leibniz
L
"The measure of a person is not their wealth, but their contribution to human knowledge."
Leonhard Euler
L
"Money follows purpose; if you pursue truth, provision will follow."
Leonhard Euler
C
"Money is a tool, not a goal."
Christiaan Huygens
G
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Gottfried Leibniz
G
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Gottfried Leibniz
R
"Money is the servant of necessity and the master of excess."
René Descartes
C
"Wealth of understanding exceeds all other forms of wealth in true value."
Carl Friedrich Gauss
C
"Money should never be the motivation for mathematical inquiry; truth is the only worthy reward."
Carl Friedrich Gauss
G
"Money is merely crystallized effort and possibility."
Gottfried Leibniz
G
"Money is neither good nor evil, only the intent behind its use."
Gottfried Leibniz
C
"Money is merely a tool; the real wealth lies in the freedom to pursue worthy endeavors."
Christiaan Huygens
R
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
René Descartes