Inspirational Quotations
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Success

There are many inspirational quotations and famous sayings about money and success. However, having lots of money does not necessarily mean that a person is successful. Some people will turn to the "financial gurus" and their instruction looking for that golden nugget. The Bible has a lot to say about success and is full of golden nuggets. See these truly inspirational quotations.

Joshua 1:8
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (NIV)

Job 5:12-13
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. (NIV)

Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (NIV)

Psalm 20:4
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. (NIV)

Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. (NIV)

Proverbs 11:24-25
One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. (NIV)

Proverbs 11:28
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. (NIV)

Proverbs 16:3
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. (NIV)

Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. (NIV)

Proverbs 20:24
A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? (NIV)

Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. (NIV)

Proverbs 22:4
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life. (NIV)

Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men. (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. (NIV)

Jeremiah 29:11-14
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."(NIV)

Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (NIV)

Luke 9:48
Then he said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all--he is the greatest." (NIV)

Luke 18:7-8a
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. (NIV)

Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (NIV)

James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? (NIV)