Money alone sets all the world in motion.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Money is the primary force driving global activity and exchange. Economic power often dictates social movement.
- In plain terms
- Money is the main force that moves everything.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand the role of money in society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives your own actions?
- Is money the only motivator?
Another view
Ideas and relationships also move the world significantly.
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