Money is the most sought-after commodity in the world today, and to say that our daily lives revolve around money isn’t an understatement. Every day we spend money, and we work ourselves everyday to make money.
As important as money is, there are some quotes by famous people that will change the way you think.
1. “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” –Benjamin Franklin
2. “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” – Jonathan Swift
3. “A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau
4. “Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like.” – Will Rogers
5. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus
6. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
7. “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8. “Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this.” – Dave Ramsey
9. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” – Ayn Rand
10. “It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It’s the customer who pays the wages.” – Henry Ford
11. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. “Money is usually attracted, not pursued.” – Jim Rohn
13. “The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard
14. “Money will come when you are doing the right thing.” – Mike Phillips
15. “Money can’t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.” – Ronald Reagan
16.. “Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.” – Aristotle
17. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
18. “Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.” – James W. Frick
19. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
20. “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” – Henry Ford
21. “How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” – Robert G. Allen
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