Friends and Money Quotes
 

This page is a collection of quotes related to friendship and money. Some of the quotes suggest that money can affect friendships, while others emphasize the importance of relationships over material wealth.
 
 
Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money Quote
 

“Money is not nice. Money got no friends but more money” — John Steinbeck

 

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Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money Quote
 

“Every single instance of a friend’s insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money” — William Shenstone

 

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To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food Quote
 

“To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many” — Stanley Hauerwas

 

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Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most Quote
 

“Before borrowing money from a friend it’s best to decide which you need most” — Joe Moore

 

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A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend Quote
 

“A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other” — George Jean

 

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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens? Quote
 

“Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?” — Alan King

 

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But ain't got a friend that's not on the payroll Quote
 

“But ain’t got a friend that’s not on the payroll” — Alicia Keys

 

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No better capital than friends, strengthen credit, support great effort, happy and successful Quote
 

“No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more — to be happy and successful — than much money” — Orison Swett Marden

 

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Two kinds of people have many friends, one with bank balance and other with boldness Quote
 

“Two kinds of people have many friends, one with bank balance and other with boldness” — Amit Kalantri

 

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To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money Quote
 

“To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money” — Richelle E Goodrich

 

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Business, you know, may bring Money Friendship hardly ever does Quote
 

“Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does” — Jane Austen

 

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Charles Kindleberger There is nothing so disturbing to one’s well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich quote
 

“There is nothing so disturbing to one’s well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich” — Charles Kindleberger

 

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Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend Quote
 

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry
– William Shakespeare

 

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A vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends Quote
 

“A vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends” — Warren Buffett

 

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Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends Quote
 

“Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends” — Larry Wilde

 

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There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money Quote
 

“There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money” — Benjamin Franklin

 

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Friendship and money: oil and water Quote
 

“Friendship and money: oil and water” — Mario Puzo

 

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I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money Quote

“I’m not trying to make friends, I’m trying to make money” — Kevin O’Leary

 

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But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used Quote
 

“But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used” — George MacDonald

 

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The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money Quote
 

“The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money” — Mark Twain

 

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people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing Quote
 

“Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don’t give some value to friendships and it can be depressing” — Adriana Lima

 

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I have always seen great value in practicing kindness. Although I had no money to buy gifts as a child, I gave my friends the gift of song to cheer them up Quote
 

“I have always seen great value in practicing kindness. Although I had no money to buy gifts as a child, I gave my friends the gift of song to cheer them up” — Tina Turner

 

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I still love things that you don't even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars Quote
 

“I still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars” — Maria Sharapova

 

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A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil Quote
 

“A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil” — Vanna Bonta

 

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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money Quote
 

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money” — Moliere

 

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You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'? Quote
 

“You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don’t say nothin’ ’bout the money. ‘Hi, how ya doin’? How’s ya mama doing?’ Man, how’s my money doin’?” — Chris Tucker

 

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The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them Quote
 

“The man who won’t loan money isn’t going to have many friends – or need them” — Wilt Chamberlain

 

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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; days of joy, but not peace or happiness Quote
 

“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness” — Henrik Ibsen

 

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A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you Quote
 

“A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you” — Thomas Fuller

 

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If you love money, you will serve your money and, if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself Quote
 

“In my experience, you will truly serve only what you love because service is love made visible. If you love your friends, you will serve your friends. If you love community, you will serve your community. If you love money, you will serve your money and, if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself and you will have only yourself. So no winning” — Stephen Colbert

 

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education Quote
 

“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health” — Robert Louis Stevenson

 

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I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and also to hook up with young girls Quote
 

“I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons – to make money, to be in the company of my friends – and also to hook up with young girls. I always knew, even before I played in piano bars, about the effect of my voice” — Andrea Bocelli

 

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No matter how much money you make or don't, how many friends you think you have or lack or how much you know you are loved - or not, we all cherish one thing above all else, the intrinsic need to connect Quote
 

“No matter how much money you make or don’t, how many friends you think you have or lack or how much you know you are loved – or not, we all cherish one thing above all else, the intrinsic need to connect” — Lisa Bloom

 

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I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I'd run out of friends or money Quote
 

“I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I’d run out of friends or money” — Margot Fonteyn

 

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May you have love that never ends, Lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do. And may God send many blessings to you Quote
 

“May you have love that never ends, Lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do. And may God send many blessings to you” — Irish Blessing

 

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Everybody's got troubles, whether they've got a lot of money or a little money or no money. When you get right down to it, I guess love and friendship and doing good really are the big things Quote
 

“Everybody’s got troubles, whether they’ve got a lot of money or a little money or no money. When you get right down to it, I guess love and friendship and doing good really are the big things” — Kurt Vonnegut

 

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Heaven's currency is friendship Quote
 

“Heaven’s currency is friendship” — Richelle E. Goodrich

 

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He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses much more; he who loses hope loses all Quote
 

“He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses much more; he who loses hope loses all” — Eleanor Roosevelt

 

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No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland—the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend—the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for Quote
 

“No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland—the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend—the mistress they’re promising to divorce their wives for” — Christina Stead

 

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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept Quote
 

“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept” — Samuel Butler

 

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Mark Wagner If you make an IOU out of money for a friend, do you still owe them money? quote
 

“If you make an IOU out of money for a friend, do you still owe them money?” — Mark Wagner

 

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How I measure riches, is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that’s where my values are and that’s where my riches are Quote
 

“How I measure riches, is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that’s where my values are and that’s where my riches are” — Ann Romney

 

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Money defines relationships between parent and child, among friends, between politicians and constituents, among neighbors, and between clergy and parishioners Quote
 

“Money defines relationships between parent and child, among friends, between politicians and constituents, among neighbors, and between clergy and parishioners” — Jack Weatherford

 

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My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress Quote
 

“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress” — Warren Buffett

 

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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one’s family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash Quote
 

“The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one’s family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

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Sending Christmas cards let family know they're worth the price of a stamp Quote
 

“Sending Christmas cards is a good way to let your friends and family know that you think they’re worth the price of a stamp” — Melanie White

 

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