Top 92 Money Motivation Quotes
#1. By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy.
T. Harv Eker
#3. I began writing late; my first articles and stories were published after I was thirty, and I was motivated by money. Money is not a bad motivation. The need to eat keeps us from laziness, and the fact that someone is willing to pay to read what we write assures us that we have indeed written.
M.V. Carey
#4. Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.
Lionel Messi
#5. The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.
Killer Mike
#6. My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed.
Nick D'Aloisio
#7. Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.
Guy Kawasaki
#8. While others were dreaming about it - I was getting it done.
Nathan W. Morris
#9. If I don't sell any copies of my books/apps or if I sell a million copies, I'm still going to continue making them. I create because I'm passionate about the craft, making money was never the motivation.
Greg Pugh
#10. We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#11. These pigeons have been living with each other for 10 or 15 years, but when I throw feed down, they kill each other to get it, and it's the same with the fighters. We love and respect each other ... but we need that money.
Mike Tyson
#12. Some People..If you could buy them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth ... You would never have to worry about money again.
Tim Kirkland
#13. But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.
Hamid Karzai
#14. When I have money, I invest in buying books. My personal development by reading these books is my greatest pleasure.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#15. There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans and they have the money to buy the politicians who make the laws.
Paul Watson
#16. Be a source of motivation wherever you are as a believer
Sunday Adelaja
#17. If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.
Placido Domingo
#18. Be the light and source of inspiration that others see
Sunday Adelaja
#19. For every can't, there's a can. Cans are worth money, so you'd better start collecting them.
Bianca McCormick-Johnson
#20. Managers can use power, money or certain circumstances to achieve short-term results. However, motivation is crucial for achieving long-term results.
Eraldo Banovac
#21. If you want to find money, focus on people. If you want to lose people, focus on money.
Rob Liano
#22. I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.
Sean Parker
#23. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is not a scheme that can be run by money. This scheme has to run with people's participation under the guidance of the MPs.
Narendra Modi
#24. Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.
Daniel H. Pink
#25. Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Donald Trump
#26. If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a nonsupportive root such as fear, anger, or the need to "prove" yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
T. Harv Eker
#27. The budgets are runnin' low, the streets ain't really got money no more, things are just dryin' up; I just felt like people needed some motivation, so I took 'em "Overtime."
Ace Hood
#28. Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations.
Tim O'Reilly
#29. There's no way a fighter should fight and put his life on the line, and a promoter makes more money than he makes.
Roy Jones Jr.
#30. The reason or motivation you have for making money or creating success is vital.
T. Harv Eker
#31. I'm sorry I let everybody down, I'm fighting just to pay my bills. I don't have the stomach for this anymore ... I don't have the desire for it. I feel bad for the people ... I wish they could get their money back.
Mike Tyson
#32. I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
Martin Yan
#33. Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
Katarina Witt
#34. Many will want what you have, but few will do what you do.
David W. Robbins
#35. If everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others, can we say then say that it's how we use our time that determines the money we make?
Gary W. Keller
#36. Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security.
Sylvia Porter
#37. I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.
Arabella Weir
#38. There has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation.
Cesar Chavez
#39. You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.
Joyce Rachelle
#41. I think that's really really important, you can't get in the industry, because you want to make money because number one, I don't think money should be motivation for anything because I don't believe that it has any value.
Jhene Aiko
#42. If only I had spent my time spending my money rather than just making it, I would have died a happier man. -RVM
R.v.m.
#43. [We are] persuaded to spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people we don't care about.
Tim Jackson
#44. If you aren't constantly focused on your goals, you can easily waste all of the time, energy and money you invest in pursuing them.
Rob Liano
#46. [We] administered testosterone to men; instead of sharing money, they become selfish. Interestingly, high testosterone males are also more likely to use their own money to punish others for being selfish.
Paul J. Zak
#47. An abundance of money, alcohol, or power doesn't change you, it simply reveals who you truly are.
Rob Liano
#48. Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.
Michael Connelly
#49. There are 5 types of poverty. Money is just one of them. Love, Wisdom, Motivation and Hope are the other four.
Robin Sacredfire
#51. Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.
Robert A. Heinlein
#53. Making money can give you a sense of achievement. But only Making a Difference will give you a sense of Fulfillment.
R.v.m.
#54. Beyond the profound federal perks, married people make more money; we're healthier, physically and emotionally; we produce happier, more stable and more successful kids; we have more sex than our supposedly swinging single friends; we even live longer.
Jenna McCarthy
#55. You want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved and popular and successful and famous and respected. You also write ... to make money, but that motivation is not first on the list.
Helen Gurley Brown
#56. We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.
Dan Pallotta
#57. The moment money becomes your motivation, you are immediately NOT AS GOOD AS someone who is stimulated by PASSION and INTERNAL WILL
Sebastian Vettel
#58. I'd rather stunt forever then stunt for the day
Blanco Vandam
#59. I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.
Joe Calzaghe
#60. Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills and to see the world.
Leslie T. Chang
#61. When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.
Jerry Reed
#62. It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach a certain status and I'm in there for greatness and peace of mind.
Mike Tyson
#63. The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.
Matt Mullenweg
#64. Success demands a price that only a few are willing to pay ... blood, flesh, time, money, pride, heartbreak and energy. Anyone who has ever succeeded has the battle scars to prove the sacrifices they've made.
Toni Sorenson
#66. Locate things that motivate you and surround yourself with people that inspire you
Sunday Adelaja
#67. The Protestants of old go to work not just for the money, their biggest motivation for work is service to God and man. Not the interest to gain profit or make money.
Sunday Adelaja
#68. The story of money is very funny. Others burn what we earn. Why not give as we live, so the world will cry when we die. -RVM
R.v.m.
#69. First, I had time, but no money; then I had money, but no time. Finally, I had time and money, but no health to make use of my wealth.-RVM
R.v.m.
#70. I'm just excited that the fans are going to get their money's worth, and you can't say that a lot of the times.
Andre Ward
#71. I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.
Jack White
#72. He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair.
Vitali Klitschko
#73. I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.
Jeff Koons
#74. Policy makers and business leaders take note: money matters. But often the best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table - so that people can focus on the work rather than on the cash.
Daniel H. Pink
#75. I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.
Simon Beaufoy
#76. When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill
#78. My 11 #books come without pomp n frills, for all seeking #true #meaning & unafraid of overcoming past conditioning. #Rewards are infinite
Michael Levy
#79. Want to inspire your kids to read more? Try giving them kids some money to spend just on a book. Take them to a bookstore and let them browse and pick out one book that they will love. Or try going to a local library for a few hours and just let your kids sift through books that interest them.
Melanie Kirk
#80. Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.
Carl Froch
#81. A lot of people look for you to change. Everything has stayed the same. Financially, this is God's money, and my wife and I are just stewards of it.
Andre Ward
#82. I don't aim for money. Money never has or will be my motivation. I
Luis D. Ortiz
#83. A rainbow in the sky or a bird that can fly often create Joy that money can't buy!-RVM
R.v.m.
#84. The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a debt free lifestyle.
Brandi L. Bates
#85. When times get tough and your path gets rough, just hold on. You'll get there soon enough.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#86. When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
Ma Jun
#87. He was WBC champion, I was mandatory. He had his opportunity to earn big money and defend against me, and he chose not to. It's as simple as that. He did not want to fight 'The Cobra', cos he knew he was probably going to get one of these (his fists) on the chin and it was going to be all over.
Carl Froch
#88. Listen to learn. Learn to earn!
Rob Liano
#89. The source of their motivation ranges from what you might expect - from the seeking of money and publicity, to those who genuinely suffer from chronic personal problems and have fixated on me as the cause of their frustrations and failures.
Frederick Lenz
#91. Your money habits and investment strategy is not all about what you do, but much about who you are. Become the person it takes to do, succeed, and innovate.
Amah Lambert
#92. Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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