money quotes

Encapsulating big ideas in few words, we combined the best quotes on money, money making, and money spending by famous authors, financiers, historical figures... and people who had tons of it. They will change your general attitude towards money -- inspiring, encouraging and motivating you on your way to great success and self-improvement.

“If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.”

— Aristotle Onassis

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.”

— Steve Jobs

“Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.”

— Salvador Dali

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”

— Woody Allen

“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.”

— Mother Teresa

“Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.”

— Mother Teresa

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”

— Mother Teresa

“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some, for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.”

— Fidel Castro

“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.”

— Ray Bradbury

“It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.”

— Antonio Banderas

“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.”

— Agatha Christie

“Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.”

— Billy Idol

“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.”

— Clare Boothe Luce

“I can make more generals, but horses cost money. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.”

— Horace

“There are people who have money and people who are rich. ”

— Coco Chanel

“Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs. ”

— Karl Marx

“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.”

— Karl Marx

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

— Moliere

“The sinews of war are infinite money.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.”

— Sophocles