Quotes about Wealth

Remember, He is giving it to us to manage, not to have. We are His bondservants, and we therefore do not have anything of our own. It is all His, and we must not spend it on ourselves unless He gives us permission.

Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!

Your value is not determined by your valuables

The most common myth about money is that having more will make me more secure. It won't. Wealth can be lost instantly through a variety of uncontrollable factors. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you — your relationship with God.

The most difficult area to surrender for many people is their money.

The most difficult area to surrender for many people is their money. Many have thought, "I want to live for God but I also want to earn enough money to live comfortably and retire someday." Retirement is not the goal of a surrendered life, because it competes with God for the primary attention of our lives. Jesus said, "You cannot serve both God and money"14 and "Wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

Self-worth and net worth are not the same. Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!

Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them — not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly.

The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.