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Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value, and occasionally, a standard of deferred payment. Money originated as commodity money,...
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

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Money is truthful. If a man speaks of honor, make him pay cash.

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of honor, make him pay cash.

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.

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Revenue is vanity... margin is sanity... cash is king.

Revenue is vanity... margin is sanity... cash is king.

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Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.

Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.

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Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

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Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

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His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.

His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.

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Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests. In the minds of politicians, perhaps more than anywhere, the notion of a million dollars has this accordion-like ability to expand or contract; if they are disposing of it, the million is a pleasing sum, reflecting warmly upon themselves; if somebody else wants it, it becomes a figure of inordinate size, not to be compassed by the rational mind.

Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests. In the minds of politicians, perhaps more than anywhere, the notion of a million dollars has this accordion-like ability to expand or contract; if they are disposing of it, the million is a pleasing sum, reflecting warmly upon themselves; if somebody else wants it, it becomes a figure of inordinate size, not to be compassed by the rational mind.

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Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

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Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

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A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

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Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

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When money speaks the truth is silent.

When money speaks the truth is silent.

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Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.

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The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

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All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas -- not money.

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas -- not money.

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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

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A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

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The buck stops here.

The buck stops here.

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The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty. Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys base people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty. Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys base people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

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But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!

But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!

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Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

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Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.

Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.

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God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

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Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not culture; amusements but not happiness; religion but not salvation; a passport to everywhere but heaven.

Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not culture; amusements but not happiness; religion but not salvation; a passport to everywhere but heaven.

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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

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Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a tool or they can dance around it as if it were the incarnation of a god. Money votes socialist or monarchist, finds a profit in pornography or translations from the Bible, commissions Rembrandt and underwrites the technology of Auschwitz. It acquires its meaning from the uses to which it is put.

Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it as a tool or they can dance around it as if it were the incarnation of a god. Money votes socialist or monarchist, finds a profit in pornography or translations from the Bible, commissions Rembrandt and underwrites the technology of Auschwitz. It acquires its meaning from the uses to which it is put.

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Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor -- as long as you've got money.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor -- as long as you've got money.

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The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

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Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

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Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

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When you have too much month for you paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you.

When you have too much month for you paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you.

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Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

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Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

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Money without brains is always dangerous.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.

The love of money grows as the money itself grows.

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It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes denounced as being but a means to the latter, sometimes at least it is an alternative.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes denounced as being but a means to the latter, sometimes at least it is an alternative.

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Money is good, love is wealth.

Money is good, love is wealth.

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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

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A single idea -- the sudden flash of a thought -- may be worth a million dollars.

A single idea -- the sudden flash of a thought -- may be worth a million dollars.

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I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.

I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.

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I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.

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Money begets money.

Money begets money.

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Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

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Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

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Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

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If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

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Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.

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Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.

Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.

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You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

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Money is like an arm or leg -- use it or lose it.

Money is like an arm or leg -- use it or lose it.

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When someone says it ain't the money, but its the principal of the thing, it's the money.

When someone says it ain't the money, but its the principal of the thing, it's the money.

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