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The making of money, the accumulation of material power, is not all there is to living...and the man who misses this truth misses the greatest joy and satisfaction that can come into his life -- service for others.

When asked what would he do if he found $ million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.

Money is the root of all excellence.

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.

Have no illusions about the power of money; but it is silly to dismiss it as worthless. It is not. It means many good things. It represents dormitories, classrooms, hospitals. It represents research facilities and the priceless efforts of men and women of creative skill and genius. But money alone cannot build character or transform evil into good ...It cries for full partnership with leaders of character and goodwill who value good tools in the creation and enlargement of life for man, who is created in the image of God.

People think if they were rich they would contribute to charities. My experience has been if you don't start giving away your money when you have very little, you won't do it when you get a lot.

More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer. So it goes.

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.

I've worked myself up from nothing to a state of supreme poverty.