Archive for category: Money

If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.

Polycarp of Smyrna -early Christian theologian, Bishop of Smyrna, one of the Apostolic Fathers(ca.69/70 – ca. 155/156), in his letter to the Philippians

Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost his authority.

attributed to John Calvin – born Jean Cauvin, French reformator and founder of the Calvinism (1509-1564)

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.

Aristotle – Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.), in “Nicomachean ethics” (350 B.C.), Quotations book 2011

The Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans had about the same level of wellbeing as the Maasai of East Africa, a traditional herding people who live in huts with no electricity or running water.

Ed Diener – American professor in psychology (b. 1946), from “Barclays Wealth Insights, Volume 4: The True Value of Wealth” (2007)

I just wait until there is money lying over in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up.

James B. “Jim” Rogers – American star investor, business columnist and author (b. 1942)

Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence.

Walter Bagehot – English economist and author, editor in chief of “The Economist” (1826-1877)

The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ’s return, both of which are imminent.

Randy C. Alcorn – director of the Eternal Perspective Ministries and author (b. 1954),Quotations book 2008

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)

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

Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2005

Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.

Henry A. “Hank” Rosso – American fundraiser (1917-1999), Quotations book 2004

Forming fortune is like a big tree giving shade.

Norman Rentrop – German publisher (b. 1957)

Come to see money not as a passport to luxury but as a dangerous encumbrance, and you will not find it ridiculous to give to whoever needs it.

John Boykin – American author (b. 1952)

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application..

attributed to Miguel de Cervantes Y Saavedra – Spanish writer (1547-1616)

There are a thousand possibilities to “waste” money but only two ways to earn it: Either we work for it – or the money works for us.

attributed to Bernard M. Baruch – American financier, adviser to several American presidents (1870-1965)

The income tax has made more liars out of more Americans than golf has.

William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers – American humorist (1879-1935)

The secret of making money is to avoid risks.

Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), quoted in “The Midas Touch” (2009)

As for property, it is a duty to make money, but only by honourable means; it is a duty also to save it and increase it by care and thrift.

Res autem familiaris quaeri debet iis rebus, a quibus abest turpitudo, conservari autem diligentia et parsimonia, eisdem etiam rebus augeri.

Marcus Tullius Cicero – Roman politician (106-43 B.C.), from “De officiis” (41 B.C.)

When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money, and the person with the money winds up with the experience.

business wisdom – Quotations book 2020

It was not till we were as poor as a church mouse and up to our neck in water, that we began to think again of the true treasure of the church – the Gospel – and to distribute this treasure to all.

John T. Finney – English Anglican theologian, 1993-98 Bishop of Pontefract (b. 1932), Quotations book 2018

One of the many stereotypes of the Swiss is that they are perceived – by the global non-Swiss community – as dull. One of the reasons the Swiss are dull – according to an article we came across some years ago – is that the Swiss never had victories on battlefields to speak of, never had colonies, never had social upheavals, never had social disasters.

The Swiss, unlike their neighbors, don’t even strike. The article went on to the argue that periods of stress, such as war, bring out the best in terms of human inventiveness and creativity.

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However, Switzerland – by any standard – is also among the world’s richest nations. Has the reader ever thought that there might be a relationship between dullness and riches?

Alexander Ineichen – Swiss banker (*1967),from “Asymmetric Returns”, Quotations book 2008

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

attributed to Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), Quotations book 2010

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)

Money is like muck – not good except it be spread.

Sir Francis Bacon – English philosopher, politician and writer (1561-1626), from the essay “Of Seditions and Troubles” (1625), Quotations book 2015

There is no such thing as a good tax. Some are better than others, some are worse. But there is no such thing as a good tax. All taxes are at best necessary evils and burdens.

Thomas P. Gore – American senator, ralated to former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore (1870-1949)

Find bargains and maintain discipline; if you can not find bargains stay in cash.

Francis Chou — Canadian fund manager, Fund Manager of the Decade 2004 (b. 1956)

It’s never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love.

attributed to Judith Jamison – American dancer and choreographer (b. 1943), Quotations book 2010