Inspirational Quotes on Money

“There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most.”

“Materialism and self-centeredness are the great vices of our age.”

“God does not need our money. He owns everything, including “our” money. What He wants [us] to discover is where our central focus of worship lies. Is that focus on God or our money?”

“Tell me what you think about money, and I will tell you what you think about God, for these two are closely related. A man’s heart is closer to his wallet than anything else.”

“Money takes our minds off God.”

“The Bible warns that money cannot buy happiness! Money cannot buy true pleasure. Money cannot buy peace of heart. And money certainly cannot buy entrance into the kingdom of God.”

“We have tried to enthrone the false gods of money, fame, and human intelligence; but however we try, the end is always the same: “It is appointed unto men once to die” [Hebrews 9:27 KJV].”

“If we allow our Christian faith to be adulterated with materialism, watered down by secularism, and intermingled with a bland humanism, we cannot stand up to a system that has vowed to bury us.”

“Part of our problem with debt is that we have confused needs with wants. Yesterday’s luxuries are today’s necessities.”

“Covetousness puts money above manhood. It shackles its devotee and makes him its victim. It hardens the heart and deadens the noble impulses and destroys the vital qualities of life.”

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

“Money represents your time, your energy, your talents, your total personality converted into currency. We usually hold on to it tenaciously, yet it is uncertain in value and we cannot take it into the next world.”

“We are only stewards of the world’s resources. They are not ours; they are God’s. When we find our security in Him, we can then give generously from what He has entrusted to us. This is our Christian duty.”

“Pleasure depends on circumstances, but Christian joy is completely independent of health, money, or surroundings.”

“Can people tell from the emphasis we attach to material things whether we have set our affection on things above, or whether we are primarily attached to this world?”

“Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life.”

“We can possess nothing—no property and no person . . . It is God who owns everything, and we are but stewards of His property during the brief time we are on earth.”

“There are those who have made their fortunes on other people’s misfortune. The Bible never promised that life would be fair.”

“There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.”

“Today we are putting our hopes in materialism, in technological progress, and in freedom from moral absolutes. They have all failed. They’ve failed because they’ve been powerless to change the human heart. What is the answer? There is hope, if we will turn to God.”