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> # If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

[James Allen](https://quotesby.net/James-Allen)\#27

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Moral goodness does not depend on financial status; it is an immediate choice available to anyone.In plain termsYou can choose to be a good person right now without waiting for money.What can you take from it?Start practicing virtue immediately regardless of your financial situation.

### Where it applies

- financial struggle
- self improvement
- ethical decision making

### Putting it to work

- daily virtue practice
- financial independence planning

### Questions to consider

- What prevents you from acting kindly today?
- How does money influence your sense of goodness?

### Another view

Financial stress can sometimes limit practical opportunities to act generously.

## More from James Allen

1. > He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

[Permalink to quote \#26](https://quotesby.net/James-Allen/26/ "Permalink to quote 26")
2. > In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

[Permalink to quote \#28](https://quotesby.net/James-Allen/28/ "Permalink to quote 28")
3. > Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

[Permalink to quote \#25](https://quotesby.net/James-Allen/25/ "Permalink to quote 25")

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