Famous phrases about money
Wealth is harmless, but not being able to give it up is deadly.
Life is tragic for those who have much to live for and nothing to live for.
Wealth does not consist in having many possessions, but in having few needs. (Epicurus)
It is better to have the bank in Heaven than to have heaven in the bank.
With money you buy:
A bed BUT NOT sleep.
Books BUT NOT intelligence.
Food BUT NO appetite.
Ornaments BUT NOT beauty.
A house, but not a home.
Medicines BUT NOT health.
Luxuries BUT NO culture.
Fun BUT NOT happiness.
A crucifix BUT NOT a Savior.
A pew BUT NOT Heaven.
What prevents a man from going to Heaven is not that he possesses riches, but that riches possess him.
It gives a person an evil inclination to want to be rich, great and respected in this world where his Lord was poor, humble and despised. (George Mueller)
If your treasure is on earth, you are going to abandon it; if it is in Heaven, they will give it to you.
What a man is truly measured by is how much he would be worth if he lost all his money.
Eleven millionaires were reported to have drowned on the Titanic. Commander AH Peuchen left $300,000 in cash, jewelry and valuables in a safe in his cabin. “At the time the money seemed ridiculous to me,” he said later. “I took three oranges instead.”
The worst poverty is that of the man who has more than he needs but feels that he does not have enough.
Possessing money is very good; can be very useful. But to be possessed by him is to be possessed by a devil, and a worst and most damaging devil.
It’s hard being poor… though not as bad as being in debt.
A person’s character is put to a very strict test when he suddenly wins or loses a considerable amount of money.
The truly pious person is not interested in getting rich. She has inner resources that provide her with riches far greater than what the world can offer her.
Time and money are the heaviest burdens in life, and the unhappiest of mortals are those who have so much of either that they don’t know what to do with it. (Samuel Johnson)
God does not give us riches to keep them, but to distribute them.
Money also makes thinking sick, it also makes faith sick and makes it go another way. (…) From there arise the envy, the fights, the gossip, the bad suspicions, the conflicts of men with corrupted minds and deprived of the truth, who consider religion as a source of profit. (Pope Francisco)
“Money corrupts! There is no escape.” (Pope Francis)
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