“The riches created in Lucifer’s heart narcosis, a fascination for himself that made him believe the power of his wealth made him… — Ana Mendez Ferrell Copy Share Image
“But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
So use prosperity, that adversity may not abuse thee: if in the one, security admits no fears, in the other, despair will… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Here's what income and wealth inequality is about. Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers made more than 24 billion, enough… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
For the last one hundred and fifty years, the history of the House of Rothschild has been to an amazing degree the… — Frederic Morton Copy Share Image
The art of wealth-getting which consists in household management, on the one hand, has a limit; the unlimited acquisition of wealth is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
In order to bring down the incarceration rate, you've got to start with the beginning of life. You've got to make sure… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
“To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable richs that had thus fallen… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It's clear that he was incredibly courageous in his critique of white supremacy, wealth inequality, and imperial power as it relates to… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“The rich feel much less need than their predecessors to account for their wealth, whether to society, to governments or to God.… — Anthony Sampson Copy Share Image
Dream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
If somebody has an extreme amount of wealth and is not using it for some good purpose, only for their own enjoyment… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In life, if you are intelligent, you are admired. If you are wealthy, you are envied. If you are powerful, you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's… — Hamdi Ulukaya Copy Share Image
Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
Securing, not prohibiting, the orderly transfer of wealth from A to B, based on wealth differentials, is the raison d'être of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put yourself in the shoes of one of these oligarchs who has been given a gift of $10 billion. Russia is in… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Thanks to the central bank, most ‘monetary experts’ and ‘leading macro-economists’ can, by putting them on the payroll, be turned into government… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
“To will is to put your emotion into your desire. Simply wanting is not desire, it is merely an undirected thought with… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
“More than anything else, the welfare states of the mid-20th century established the profound indecency of defining civic status as a function… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
I don't think you can measure wealth in dollars and cents. I really don't believe that at all because there are some… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson that leaders such as… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners,… — Hassanal Bolkiah Copy Share Image
Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first-… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Your prosperity and happiness will ultimately be determined by the enrichment you create for others in this world. If whatever you are… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain… — Ludwig Erhard Copy Share Image
When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by… — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image