Inspirational Quotes on Finances

“Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.”

“You had better be a poor man and a rich Christian, than a rich man and a poor Christian. You had better do anything, bear anything, and be anything rather than be a dwarf in grace.”

“Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetites.”

“It is a great cause oftentimes why God blesseth not means, because we are so apt to trust in them, and rob God of his glory, not waiting for a blessing at his hands.”

“Do you wish to become rich? You may become so if you desire it in no half-way, but thoroughly. Do you wish to master any science or accomplishment? Give yourself to it and it lies beneath your feet. This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.”

“Spend not on hopes.”

“The poor man's hand is the treasury of Christ.”

“Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open enemies.”

“I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it.”

“Riches, though they may reward virtue, cannot cause it. He is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.”

“It is riches of the mind only that make a man rich and happy.”

“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”

“The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.”

“The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.”

“The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.”

“Man's life is of God, not of his goods, however abundant they may be.”

“He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.”

“Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.”

“Financial pursuits and gains are not the key to happiness; the key is keeping God first.”

“It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.”