Quotes on Money

Written by Vidya Kumar

January 27, 2014

Money is a subject that can lead to interesting conversations and quotes. Here are some quotes on money that are worth remembering.
We thought of presenting a different aspect of finance here. Money is a subject of conversation everywhere. Naturally there are loads of quotes on money in different realms by different people.
We present some interesting quotes on money here.

Some quotes that we should try to apply in our financial lives:

  • “Seek facts diligently; advice never.” – Philip Carret
  • “Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell” – Sir John Templeton
  • “It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” – Oscar Wilde
  • “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years.” – Warren Buffett


Money is also the subject of humour in everyday life:

  • “Taxes grow without rain.” – Jewish proverb
  • “The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” – Barry Goldwater
  • “I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.” – Malcolm Forbes
  • “Money may not buy happiness, but I’d rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.” – Françoise Sagan

There are also quotes by famous people who tried to emphasize that money is not everything:
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.”
- Michael Leboeuf
“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
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” – Thomas Jefferson

Popular culture like books and movies also has loads of interesting quotes on money that are worth remembering:

MOVIES
“I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me.” – Trading Places (1983)
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” – Wall Street (1987)
“I don’t care how rich and successful a man is. He’s nothing without an education.” – Back to School (1986)
“Money’s only something you need in case you don’t die tomorrow.” – Wall Street (1987)

BOOKS
“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
“The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person’s ability or skill to convert earned income into passive income and/or portfolio income.” – Rich Dad Poor Dad by Richard Kiyosaki
“It’s amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.” – The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

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