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Daily Inspiration Quote by Ayrton Senna

"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles"

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Money isn’t framed here as a prize so much as a pressure system, and that’s what makes Senna’s line land. He splits the world into two camps - the hungry and the haunted - then refuses to crown either one as the “right” way to live. For people without money, it becomes a clean target: a single, legible solution that promises to organize chaos. “Aim it strongly” has the snap of a racing instruction, like fixing your eyes on the apex. Desire becomes discipline. You can almost hear the engine in the phrasing.

Then he flips it. The people who have money aren’t serenely grateful; they’re “full of troubles.” Not burdened by abstract existential dread, but crowded out - by expectations, by dependents, by the constant management of status and risk. The subtext is that money doesn’t end the race; it changes the track conditions. It adds speed and simultaneously shrinks the margin for error.

Senna’s context matters: a global celebrity in a sport where wealth is both fuel and spectacle, and where death is not metaphorical. Formula One monetizes danger, and winners become brands. In that world, money can’t be romanticized as freedom because it’s tethered to performance and exposure. His restraint is the point. He doesn’t moralize against greed or preach simplicity. He treats money like weather - powerful, unpredictable, always capable of turning on you. That cool, unsentimental tone is its own kind of wisdom: a reminder that wanting money is easy, living with it is complicated, and neither condition guarantees peace.

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Senna, Ayrton. (2026, January 14). Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/money-is-a-strange-business-people-who-havent-got-29993/

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Senna, Ayrton. "Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles." FixQuotes. January 14, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/money-is-a-strange-business-people-who-havent-got-29993/.

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"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles." FixQuotes, 14 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/money-is-a-strange-business-people-who-havent-got-29993/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna (March 21, 1960 - May 1, 1994) was a Celebrity from Brazil.

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