Inspirational Quotes on Money

“As Caesar demands of us the stamp of his likeness, so does God also. And as we render money to the one, so we give our souls to the other, our souls enlightened and sealed with the light of His countenance.”

“The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.”

“We understand why in the Bible repentance precedes faith. Before people find their need -- love met in God, they are looking to other things, often money, for satisfaction. So believing in God has to involve a 180-degree turn away (that is, repentance) from the love of money to find contentment and confidence for the future simply in knowing God and depending on His promises.”

“Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.”

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”

“A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.”

“To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”

“Get money to live; then live and use it, else it is not true that thou hast gotten. Surely use alone makes money not contemptible.”

“But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms.”

“Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.”

“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”

“Nothing I am sure has such a tendency to quench the fire of religion as the possession of money.”

“Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels and lawsuits in the world arise from one single cause - money!”

“God never leads anyone anywhere for money.”

“Good conscience is sometimes sold for money, but never bought with it.”

“I am dismayed by the contracts required by some contemporary musical groups. To perform a concert at your church, the stated fee will be so much (in either four or five figures) plus round trip airfare--often first class, not coach. Every detail of the accommodations is spelled out, down to "sushi for twenty persons" waiting at the hotel, in one case. All this is done so that the group can stand before an inner-city audience and exhort the people to "just trust the Lord for all your needs.”

“The first century money changers were in the temple, but they didn't have the spirit of the temple... They were out of sync with the whole purpose of the Lord's house. "The atmosphere of my Father's house," Jesus seemed to say, "is to be prayer. The aroma around my Father must be that of people opening their hearts in worship and supplication. This is not a place to make a buck. This is a house for calling on the Lord.”

“A dreadful thing is the love of money! It disables both eyes and ears, and makes men worse to deal with than a wild beast, allowing a man to consider neither conscience nor friendship nor fellowship nor salvation.”

“Since my money is God's money, every spending decision I make is a spiritual decision.”

“Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.”