You can find inspirational quotes on money and finance to help you take control of your finances.
These quotes will motivate you and change the way you look at finances and money.
Reading these quotes on money, along with these books about personal finance, helped me to get into the right financial mindset.
You can even keep some of these quotes on your desk to serve as a reminder or motivation.
45 Best Finance Quotes
There are many thousands of quotes on finance, money and investing. I chose only a few to keep it simple but informative.
These are quotes that have really touched me, made me laugh, or resonated with my journey in finance.
These funny, inspirational, and insightful quotes will help you to improve your financial game.
- Zig Ziglar: “Rich people own big libraries and small TVs, while poor people have big libraries but small TVs.”
- Will Rogers: “Too many spend their money to buy things that they do not want..to please people they don’t care about.”
- Robert Kiyosaki: “It is not about how much you earn, but rather how much you save, how long you can keep it, and for how many generations.”
- If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. “If you want to have fun, spend $800 on a trip to Las Vegas.” Paul Samuelson
- Benjamin Franklin: “Knowledge is the best investment.”
- Time is more valuable than money. Jim Rohn: “You can earn more money but not more time.”
- I will reveal to you the secret of becoming rich on Wall Street. You are greedy when other people are afraid. You try to be afraid when others are greedy. – Warren Buffett
- Money has never made a person happy, and it will not. The more money a person has, the more they want. It does not fill a void, but creates one.
- “Friendship, like money is easier to make than keep.” – Samuel Butler
- “Rule No.1: Never lose money. “Rule No.2: Do not forget rule No.1.” – Warren Buffett
- Money is only a means. It will get you where you want to go, but will not replace your driving.” – Ayn RAND
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Happiness does not lie in money alone; it is in the excitement of accomplishment, in the thrill created by creative effort.”
- Finance is more than just making money. It’s about protecting our hard work and achieving our goals. It’s all about stewardship, and therefore about creating a good society.” Robert J. Shiller
- “Buy at a time when others are selling, and wait until they’re buying.” It’s more than a slogan. It’s at the heart of successful investing.” J. Paul Getty
- How many millionaires have you met who became wealthy through savings accounts? I rest my case.” – Robert G. Allen
- Ronald Reagan: “Money won’t bring you happiness, but will give you better memories.”
- Money is a terrible servant but a great master. – P.T. Barnum
- Henry David Thoreau: “Wealth means the ability to experience life fully.”
- Earl Wilson: “If you don’t think anyone cares about your life, then try not making a few car payments.”
- Ben Graham: “The investor should behave as an investor, not as a trader.”
- Philip Fisher: “The stock exchange is full of individuals who are able to calculate the price for everything but not the value.”
- Dave Ramsey: “You need to gain control of your finances or you will be forever controlled by the lack thereof.”
Money Quotes - “Every time that you borrow money, it’s like robbing yourself of your future.” – Nathan W. Morris
- Money poisons and starves when it is available. – D.H. Lawrence
- Success is not measured by power, money or social status. Your inner peace and discipline are the key to success. – Mike Ditka
- Vicki Robin: “You can never have enough if you are obsessed with having everything.”
- Munger: “The habit is an education. It cultivates virtues, teaches self denial, cultivates a sense of order and forethought. This broadens your mind.” Munger
- Money cannot buy you peace of mind. Money cannot fix broken relationships or give meaning to a life with no meaning. – Richard M. DeVos
- “Develop your success through failures.” Failure and discouragement are the two most important stepping stones on your path to success.” Dale Carnegie
- Robert Kiyosaki: “Don’t let your fear of losing outweigh the thrill of winning.”
- Warren Buffett: “The Stock Market was designed to transfer money between the active and the patient.”
- George Carlin: “Most people only work hard enough to avoid being fired, and are paid just enough to not quit.”
- “I am only wealthy because I recognize when I make mistakes…I have basically survived by acknowledging my mistakes.” George Soros
- Robert Frost: “A bank is where you can borrow an umbrella during good weather, and then ask for it when it starts to rain.”
- John Bogle: “If you can’t imagine a 20% drop in the stock market then you shouldn’t invest in stocks.”
- Pablo Picasso: “I would like to be a rich man who has lots of money.”
- Steven Wright: “Bills travel twice as fast through the mail as checks.”
- Tennessee Williams: “You can have money and still be young, but you cannot be old without it.”
- George Burns: “Don’t lie in bed unless you are able to make money.”
- “Wealth does not mean having lots of money, but having many options.” – Chris Rock
- Winston Churchill: “We live by what we receive, but we live by what is given.”
- Joe Biden: “Show me your budget and I will tell you what value you place on it.”
- Ellen DeGeneres: “I always say to follow your passion. Even if you don’t achieve the same level of financial success, you’ll still find the money you’ll be most happy with.”
- Money can’t buy happiness, but a yacht large enough to dock right next to it. – David Lee Roth
- Thomas Jefferson: “Never spend money until you have it”
Final Thoughts
Here are some of my favorite finance quotes.
Some of these you may already know, but there are also some that will make you think.
