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Love of money12 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold. — Bob Marley · 1980No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Jesus · 60I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. — Jesus · 60All 12 quotes →Money5 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905It's all about the Benjamins, baby — P. Diddy · 1997No graven images may be
Worshipped, except the currency. — Arthur Hugh Clough · 1862Greed3 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. — Ecclesiastes 5:10 · 931 BCWealth3 quotes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Jesus · 60Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. — Jesus · 60I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905America2 quotes
The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Sermon on the Mount2 quotes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Jesus · 60Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. — Jesus · 60Accumulation of wealth1 quote
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. — Jesus · 60American character1 quote
The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840Priorities1 quote
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Jesus · 60Property rights1 quote
I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Success1 quote
The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success. That-with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success-is our national disease. — William James · 1906Wisdom1 quote
Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold. — Bob Marley · 1980