Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

Wealth and compassion are opposites.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

The more men value money the less they value virtue.

The world no longer permits the stronger to kill the weaker, but it allows the wealthy to oppress the poor. Money is holier than man. Human life is less sacred than property. To save a dollar is regarded as a more necessary virtue than to save a human heart. Society cares more for fortune than for truth.

Religion must necessarily produce both industry and frugality and these cannot but produce riches. But as riches increase, so will pride, anger, and love of the world in all its branches.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

I'm not interested in money.

Great wealth often curses all who touch it.

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

As long as you tithe you cannot be greedy or needy.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

It's OK to have wealth. But keep it in your hands, not in your heart.

Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

Money is evil.

Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.

After the first million, money isn't important.

I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.