"I'd be a fool to be in this for the money"
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Intent matters here. He's not making a claim that can be audited ("I don't take money"); he's making a claim about motive, which is harder to prove and easier to perform. "In this" is deliberately vague: is it ministry, television, the travel circuit, the brand? That ambiguity lets the sentence cover everything without committing to anything. The word "fool" also relocates the argument from ethics to competence. The question isn't whether fundraising practices are right, but whether they're smart. If critics focus on finances, the insinuation is they misunderstand how "calling" works.
Context completes the effect. Prosperity-adjacent ministries often require constant persuasion: persuading viewers that giving is faith, persuading donors that the leader's lifestyle is incidental, persuading skeptics that scrutiny is persecution. This line plays all sides. To believers, it signals sincerity and sacrifice. To the uncommitted, it offers a shrug of plausibility: who would do this just for cash? And to critics, it's bait - argue back, and you sound petty, obsessed with money rather than miracles.
It's a sentence built to launder doubt into loyalty, using modesty as PR.
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| Topic | Honesty & Integrity |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hinn, Benny. (2026, January 16). I'd be a fool to be in this for the money. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-be-a-fool-to-be-in-this-for-the-money-85279/
Chicago Style
Hinn, Benny. "I'd be a fool to be in this for the money." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-be-a-fool-to-be-in-this-for-the-money-85279/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'd be a fool to be in this for the money." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-be-a-fool-to-be-in-this-for-the-money-85279/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.








