60 Money Quotes Celebrating Financial Literacy and Independence
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Editor at Everyday Power
Published on September 9, 2020 6:00 AM EST
This “money quotes” collection will inspire you to make good use of your financial resources.
Money is an important commodity in our lives. Without money, you cannot buying anything you wish, you cannot pick the charities and causes you believe in and support them, and it will generally be difficult to live on earth.
Although money cannot buy everything, it plays an important role in our daily lives. It can’t buy happiness but it allows you to take care of yourself much better and makes it easier for you to meet your basic necessities.
Overall, money occupies a unique position in our modern capitalist world. As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. A lot of events could not happen within it.
To celebrate financial literacy and independence, below is our collection of inspirational, wise, and thought-provoking money quotes, money sayings, and money proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years.
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Money quotes celebrating financial literacy and independence
1. ”Money is usually attracted, not pursued.” – Jim Rohn
2. ”If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke
3. ”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
4. ”Never spend your money before you have earned it.” – Thomas Jefferson
5. ”Money often costs too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. ”Frugality includes all the other virtues.” – Cicero
7. ”A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” – Jonathan Swift
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. ”That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.”- Henry David Thoreau
10. ”Fortune sides with him who dares.”- Virgil
Money quotes to help you make good use of your finances
11. ”I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.” – Robert Bosch
12. ”Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.” – Paul Samuelson
13. ”Money grows on the tree of persistence.” – Japanese Proverb
14. ”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
15. ”When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde
16. ”The lack of money is the root of all evil.” – Mark Twain
17. ”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.” – Maya Angelou
18. ”Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing.” – JP Getty
19. ”How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.” – Robert G. Allen
20. ”It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.” – Robert Kiyosaki
Money quotes that highlight its importance in our daily lives
21. ”My formula for success is rise early, work late and strike oil.” – JP Getty
22. ”Many people are afraid to fail, so they don’t try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don’t take that critical step of putting their money and their effort on the line. To succeed in business, you must take risks. Even if you fail, that’s how you learn. There has never been, and will never be, an Olympic skater who didn’t fall on the ice.” – Donald Trump