Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.
Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character.
Money just draws flies.
Money doesn't transform a person - the only thing that can is love.
I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.
Money is money.
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
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