Brilliant Quotes Summarize Big Ideas in Few Words

They inspire, motivate, and encourage in an unforgettable way.

We all like to think we’re very smart when it comes to money, but if there’s one thing certain about money, it’s this: You can never know enough. That’s why we’ve gathered financial wisdom from thought leaders, game-changers, and entrepreneurs. Below, you’ll find 100 quotes designed—at the very least—to make you think.

Quotes on Financial Success

1. “Success is when you love what you do and live how you want to live.” — Jean Marlow
2. “Measuring success by money is a tragic reflection on humanity.” — Alan Watts
3. “Success is living a life you believe in and leaving a legacy that outlives you.” — Jerry Garcia
4. “The foundation of success is the readiness to fail.” — Benjamin Disraeli
5. “Failure is the final step before great success.” — Demi Blavatsky
6. “Failure is the pillar of success—you cannot succeed without it.” — Umm Kulthum
7. “Success demands taking small steps daily and making small decisions in every situation.” — Robert Kiyosaki
8. “Success is true wealth.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
9. “Success is chasing what makes you wake up in the morning.” — Amanda Lindhout
10. “Don’t chase money; let money chase you. Don’t strive for success—strive to be valuable.” — Albert Schweitzer
11. “Success requires a lot of silent work.” — Michael Jordan
12. “Success demands unseen effort.” — Peter Drucker
13. “Success isn’t the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you’ll succeed.” — Albert Schweitzer
14. “Success has no limits because it’s a continuous process.” — Bob Marley

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Quotes on Money and Work

15. “Thinking is the asset; action is liquidity.” (Liquidity refers to the ability to buy or sell an asset without drastically affecting its price.) — Karl Marx
16. “Money comes from good work.” — Jim Bond
17. “Frugality isn’t about spending less—it’s about earning more.” — Anderson
18. “Anything that speaks of money is just noise. Nothing compares to working for what you believe in.” — Jean Marlow
19. “When you love your work, money loses control over you.” — George Lucas
20. “Employers don’t pay wages—they only handle money. Customers pay wages.” — Henry Ford
21. “Many miss opportunity because it looks like hard work.” — Thomas Edison

Quotes on Life and Money

22. “Improving financial management is life’s greatest need.” — Julius Caesar
23. “The best thing in life is doing what you truly want for yourself.” — Gary Vaynerchuk
24. “The biggest mistake in life is believing money is your ultimate goal.” — Charles Guthmire
25. “Nothing beats doing what you love in life—and getting paid for it.” — Roberto Cavalli
26. “If you don’t take risks, you’ll never achieve anything in life.” — Muhammad Ali
27. “Nothing in life is guaranteed—everything requires risk.” — Walt Disney

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28. “Don’t tell me what you value—show me your budget, and I’ll tell you.” — Joe Biden
29. “If you live to own everything, what you have will never be enough.” — Vicki Robin
30. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, verify. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.” — William Arthur Ward
31. “The poor focus on managing money; the rich focus on earning it.” — John Ramsey
32. “What you don’t give to the world, you cannot keep.” — Geeta Krishnamurti
33. “What do the world’s rich lack? Nothing. They have everything—except what money can’t buy: your time.” — Jim Carrey
34. “The market has a way of balancing itself—it brings the unprepared to replace the failed.” — George Clooney
35. “Man cannot live on bread alone.” — Buddha
36. “Don’t confuse ambition with greed. Ambition drives us forward; greed throws us off balance.” — John Wooden
37. “There’s no easy road to riches.” — Napoleon Hill
38. “Train your mind to see the good in everything.” — Baba Dawood
39. “Money only brings joy when you spend it.” — Kenneth Colburn
40. “Stocks rise and fall—that’s business.” — John D. Rockefeller
41. “Make sure your money works for your life, not the other way around.” — Dave Ramsey
42. “Everything changes—you can’t build a business without it.” — Michael Dell
43. “Wealth doesn’t come quickly or easily.” — George Clason
44. “Negative thinking yields negative results.” — Jim Pattison
45. “If we stop learning today, we’ll only be ahead of humans from 10,000 years ago.” — Tomoru Oshima
46. “Be simple, but don’t bend.” — Michael Franken
47. “When you have money, you become yourself. When you don’t, you don’t.” — Hunger
48. “Your signature on a check is paid by the head, not the hand.” — Peter Krull
49. “Not everything that counts can be measured, and not everything measurable counts.” — Albert Einstein
50. “Empty pockets never held anyone back—only empty heads and hearts can.” — Norman Vincent Peale
51. “Big things come from believing in small things.” — Baba Dawood
52. “If you can’t find a good partner, go into business alone.” — Warren Buffett
53. “Economics is managing necessity; finance is managing foresight.” — Jim Rogers
54. “Money has no smell, but it gives a sense of security and freedom.” — Richard Nixon
55. “If you want to succeed, stop thinking about failure.” — George Ford
56. “Everything has value, but not everything has a price.” — Stanley Milgram
57. “If you want to change the world, start by changing yourself.” — Muhammad Ali
58. “Don’t race against time—just do good work and enjoy life.” — Kim Lee
59. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” — Lao Tzu
60. “You must take risks and be ready to bear losses.” — Warren Buffett
61. “If someone burns all bridges, they have no choice but to learn to swim—or drown.” — Charles Ronda
62. “The money we earn is a byproduct of superior quality.” — Warren Buffett
63. “Aspire to make your worth greater than money, and you’ll find happiness.” — Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq
64. “If you’re not prepared to fail, you’ll never achieve anything.” — Walt Disney
65. “Free capitalism doesn’t just give opportunity—it gives people what they need to seize it.” — George Bush
66. “Big ideas require relentless pursuit.” — Dalio Bruno
67. “No one becomes rich without changing habits.” — Dave Ramsey
68. “If you want real wealth, first master the ability to spend wisely.” — John Lancaster
69. “If you want something badly enough, the universe will conspire to help you get it.” — Richard Bach
70. “Discipline is the ability to endure pain for a long time.” — Tony Robbins
71. “When money talks, respect walks out the window.” — Mahatma Gandhi
72. “Investing in yourself is the smartest investment.” — Warren Buffett
73. “Each day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich or poor—we all have 24 hours.” — Christopher Rice
74. “How you handle failure determines how you achieve success.” — David Feherty
75. “Economy encompasses all virtues.” — Cicero
76. “The secret to wealth on Wall Street: Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.” — Warren Buffett
77. “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds six, result misery.” — Charles Dickens
78. “You can’t buy yesterday’s dime with today’s nickel.” — Yogi Berra
79. “Many neglect their money until it’s nearly gone—others do the same with their time.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
80. “Formal education earns you a living; self-education earns you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn
81. “The poor man isn’t he who has little, but he who craves more.” — Seneca
82. “If all economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.” — George Bernard Shaw
83. “I made my money the old-fashioned way—I was nice to a rich relative before he died.” — Malcolm Forbes
84. “Innovation distinguishes leaders from followers.” — Steve Jobs
85. “The true measure of wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” — Anonymous
86. “Save while your salary is small—it’s impossible to save once you start earning more.” — Jack Benny
87. “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor, not a speculator.” — Benjamin Graham
88. “I’m a great believer in luck—the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
89. “Control your money, or the lack of it will control you forever.” — Dave Ramsey
90. “Don’t make reckless decisions when prices fall, and don’t get greedy—wait until prices hit bottom and no one wants the assets you do.” — Robert Kiyosaki
91. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas Edison
92. “If you don’t value your time, others won’t. Stop wasting your time and talent—value what you know and act on it.” — Kim Garst

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Final Thought

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs

“The habit of saving is itself an education—it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates order, trains forethought, and so broadens the mind.” — T.T. Manger

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