Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel.Henrik IbsenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Thought-provoking Money and Financial Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.John WesleyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn’t expect to be paid back.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.Oliver WendellAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.AnonymousTraditional attribution
We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.Buzzie BavasiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.Henry FieldingAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master.Alexandre Dumas filsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Money often costs too much.Ralph Waldo EmersonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
No amount of money can make others speak well of you behind your back.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.Henry Ward BeecherAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A happy heart is better than a full purse.Italian proverbTraditional attribution
By the time I have money to burn, my fire will have burnt out.AnonymousTraditional attribution
A penny is a lot of money if you haven’t got a penny.Yiddish proverbTraditional attribution
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.W.C. FieldsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
If small money does not go out, big money will not come in.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.Aristotle OnassisAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it.Italian proverbTraditional attribution
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.J. Paul GettyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The saving man becomes the free man.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.Max AmsterdamAttributed in the original GADEL collection
When gold speaks every tongue is silent.Italian proverbTraditional attribution
Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.Michael LeboeufAttributed in the original GADEL collection
There are people who have money and people who are rich.Coco ChanelAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He who borrows gets sorrows.Turkish proverbTraditional attribution
I cannot afford to waste my time making money.Louis AgassizAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.Frank HubbardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
When a man is broke, he can count his friends on his thumb.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Money can’t buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.AnonymousTraditional attribution
He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.AnonymousTraditional attribution
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Original title: Thought-provoking Money and Financial Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
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