“Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.”
The Bible (Proverbs 15:16)
ContentmentPeace Of Mind
Finance Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · FINANCE
Finance Quotes
Read the best finance quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Jefferson, the Bible and more, with timeless wisdom on money, debt and saving.
“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
The Bible (Proverbs 11:28)
WealthHumility
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 5:11)
Lifestyle InflationExpenses
“Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.”
The Bible (Matthew 22:21)
TaxesFaith
“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer.”
The Bible (Exodus 22:25)
LendingFairness
“We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.”
The Bible (Nehemiah 5:4)
TaxesDebt
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have.”
The Bible (Hebrews 13:5)
ContentmentGreed
“Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.”
The Bible (James 5:2)
WealthWarning
“He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.”
The Bible (Proverbs 11:15)
LoansCaution
“Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life.”
Adam Smith
WealthEconomics
“There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.”
Adam Smith
TaxesGovernment Finance
“All people are most credulous when they are most happy.”
Walter Bagehot
Market BubblesInvesting
“Every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges.”
Charles Mackay
Market BubblesSpeculation
“Economy no more means saving money than it means spending money. It means, the administration of a house.”
John Ruskin
Money ManagementEconomics
“I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.”
Mark Twain
MillionairesFunny
“Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.”
Josh Billings
DebtFunny
“Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it.”
Artemus Ward
DebtFunny
“Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.”
Ambrose Bierce
DebtSatire
“Mammon, n. The god of the world's leading religion.”
Ambrose Bierce
MoneySatire
“Make money, money by fair means if you can; if not, by any means money.”
Horace
GreedSatire
“The love of money grows as the money itself grows.”
Juvenal
GreedWealth
“Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men.”
Sophocles
GreedMoney
“Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest.”
Aristotle
InterestEconomics
“Wealth will pass away from that childish man who inquires much of the stars.”
Kautilya
ActionSuperstition
“If they have not a certain livelihood, it follows that they will not have a fixed heart.”
Mencius
IncomeStability