“When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.” — Lisa See Copy Share Image
If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
...those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I think neoliberalism is vulnerable to protest. And it's under protest because people are beginning to realize that these austerity policies are… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“No, its the poor I tell you, and the poor only, as does such things for the poor. Don't think to come… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“The money you are looking for is not in any country, phd or your designer outlook, it is in wisdom. Solomon never… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The miser is the man who starves himself and everybody else, in order to worship wealth in its dead form, as distinct… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“You can never truly become great if you do not discover your purpose in life.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Who's poorer, the one who begs for money or those who have not enough to give away? Or are they reflecting one… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Fortune and fame," she said, "always on the horizon. And always some pitfall between you and it." "An excellent summation," I said,… — Felix Gilman Copy Share Image
I truly believe that America`s greatness and billions and billions of dollars of our wealth flows away because China doesn`t treat us… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state-- Though poor myself, I know the fortunate: First, there's a knowledge of the… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image