"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."

                                                                      Proverbs 22:1

                                                          

What this quote means is that it is better to be a good person rather than choose money to be selfish. If you had a choice to choose whether money or no money, being poor is way better than being rich. Unless you work for your money that is totally different. But if someone gave you money for free it would destroy who you are. People will think that you are not thankful and they will think you are just a selfish person who just wants money for them selves. So a good name for a person is choosing the right. Choosing the right is working for your own wealth. Buying lotteries and other things that get you to a millionaire means that you are not a good name. Getting money instead doesn't make you happy either.

                                                             

An example of this is working for your own money.You get all your wealth from working hard in your job. But choosing money rather than a great character is wrongful because in order for people to know you as a great person you would have to choose them than money.