There is something about quotes that motivates me to be a better person. Especially when they are relevant to me and where I am in life. Since I blog about personal finance and it is a huge part of what I do, I decided to share my favorite money quotes. Here is a list of the fifty-one best quotes about money that I have ever heard: 1.
Here is a list of the top quotes about money from rappers. “Money on My Mind, Money is All I Think Of” – Lil Wayne. If you aren’t always thinking about money, you might be missing out. You don’t need to be too obsessive over money, but as long as you think about it often you will do great.

Here are 155 of the best money quotes I could find. The goal? To give you the inspiration and motivation that will ultimately make you wealthier (mentally). Enjoy!

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The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money. Warren Buffett

The more you learn, the more you earn. Warren Buffett

If you make meaning, you’ll make money. Guy Kawasaki

Rich people believe “I create my life”. Poor people believe “Life happens to me”. T. Harv Eker

Earn with your mind, not your time. Naval Ravikant

Trade money for time, not time for money. You’re going to run out of time first. Naval Ravikant

Stop buying things you don’t need, to impress people you don’t even like. Suze Orman

If it’s only about money we are hopeless. If it’s about people we are hopeful. Maxime Lagacé

There are people who have money and people who are rich. Coco Chanel

I make myself rich by making my wants few. Henry David Thoreau (See also: simplicity quotes)

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money. Alan Watts

Money is a great servant but a bad master. Francis Bacon

Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy. Haruki Murakami

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer. Jim Carrey

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The Best Money Quotes

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All the money you made will never buy back your soul. Bob Dylan Click to tweet

When I had money everyone called me brother. Polish proverb

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

Don’t just make money, make a difference. Grant Cardone

Money moves from those who do not manage it to those who do. Dave Ramsey

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. Steve Jobs

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it’s about having a lot of options. Chris Rock

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau

Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far. Warren Buffett

Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn Click to tweet

I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe

The ultimate purpose of money is so that you do not have to be in a specific place at a specific time doing anything you don’t want to do. Naval Ravikant

Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy. Naval Ravikant

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. Bob Marley

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm

The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people. Peter Diamandis Click to tweet

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left. Jim Rohn

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled. Barack Obama

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. Thomas Wolfe

Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life. John Wooden Click to tweet

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

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The Most Famous Money Quotes

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Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1. Warren Buffett Click to tweet

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett

The more money you make the more problems you get. Christopher George Latore Wallace (Notorious B.I.G.)

We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies. Walt Disney

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. Barack Obama

If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus. Oprah Winfrey

Money can’t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories. Ronald Reagan

Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this is a good way to build something. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Whoever loves money will never have enough. Ecclesiastes 5:10

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton (Walmart)

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society. Mahatma Gandhi

We have always believed that it’s possible to make money without being evil. Larry Page (Google)

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will. Nelson Mandela

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Mahatma Gandhi

We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like. Tyler Durden (Fight Club) Click to tweet

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money. Johnny Cash

My formula for success is rise early, work late and strike oil. J. Paul Getty

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Voltaire

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Oscar Wilde

I don’t care too much for money, for money can’t buy me love. The Beatles

Short Money Quotes

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Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich. T. Harv Eker Click to tweet

Be your money’s master, not its slave. Publilius Syrus

Money doesn’t buy happiness – it buys freedom. Naval Ravikant

Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles. T. Harv Eker

It does not take money to make money. Robert T. Kiyosaki

All money is a matter of belief. Adam Smith

Money may be spent but never squandered. Li Ka Shing

Some people are so poor, all they have is money. Unknown Click to tweet

A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. J. Paul Getty

Money is a way of measuring wealth but is not wealth in itself. Alan Watts

Don’t go broke trying to go rich. Unknown (Submitted by the Wisdom Quotes Community)

Money doesn’t change people. It unmasks them. Unknown

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. W. C. Fields

Money is the best deodorant. Elizabeth Taylor

The fools in life want things fast and easy — money, success, attention. Robert Greene

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. Ted Turner

Rich people think big. Poor people think small. T. Harv Eker

Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose. T. Harv Eker

Real Life Money Quotes