Thomas Carlyle Quotes

…set bounds to the quest of wealth…

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

One of the tricks of life is to have sense and money in roughly equal proportions.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

My mother said, "Money is a great slave but a horrible master." It was her version of a French proverb.

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.

Truly wealthy people develop the habit of "getting rich slow" rather than "getting rich quick." To assure this, they have two rules with regard to money. Rule number one: Don't lose money. Rule number two: If ever you feel tempted, refer back to rule number one, "don't lose money."

The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant's economy is a coarse symbol of the soul's economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.

Earning a lot of money is not the key to prosperity. How you handle it is.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

Money is the wise man's religion.

To money, the finest linguist in the world!

Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.

You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you.

Debt is dumb. Cash is king.

I remember saying to my mentor, 'If I had more money, I would have a better plan.' He quickly responded, 'I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.' You see, it's not the amount that counts; it's the plan that counts.

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.

In this day and age it's really stupid to be stupid about financial matters. It doesn't do you any good to make money if you don't know what to do with it other than spend it.