“The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.”

“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

“The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

“Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

“A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.”

Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) Soviet military commander

“Practice humility at first with man and only then before God. He who despises man, has also no respect for God.”

Paracelsus (1493–1541) Swiss physician and alchemist

“If we can't respect the way we earn it, money has no value. If we can't use it to make life better for our families and loved ones, money has no purpose.”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

“The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes”

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party

“A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.”

Jeffrey Archer (1940) English author and former politician

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
Non qui parum habet, sed qui plus cupit, pauper est.

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist