Money and Wealth

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

Blood's not thicker than money.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.

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.

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.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is.

Every man lives by exchanging.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.

I’d like to live as a poor man, with lots of money.