Wealth Quote by Augusten Burroughs

“We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from…

— Edmund Morris

“We only need to convince ourselves of our capacity and the game of life is done. We all have games, but we often play…

— Robin Sacredfire

“I accepted games (quite a number of boys do) as one of the necessary evils of life, comparable to Income Tax or the Dentist.”

— C.S. Lewis

“All things considered, he stuck to his basic attitude of enjoying wealth by knowing that he had it, rather than by making a great…

— Stefan Zweig

“Man cannot be content in his riches even if he has the whole world, there must be a frivolous extra desire.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.”

— Aristotle

“There was somewhere, if you knew where to find it, some place where money could be made like drawing water from a well, some…

— Wallace Stegner

“I have no longing for great wealth. For great adventure, yes, to travel widely and love deeply these things I value more than profits.…

— Julie Klassen

“No matter how much we have materially, we are often in a place of scarcity. We never think we have enough or that we're…

— Cami Walker

“Desire was its own reward, and a rarer luxury than you'd think. You could sometimes buy what you wanted; you could never buy wanting…

— Lionel Shriver

“I had to wonder what sadistic pleasure and entertainment human suffering must provide to the divine game players who decided the fate of their…

— Clyde Dsouza

“They were a sign of patronage, a sign of having so much money that it had to be squandered on objects with no purpose…

— Jenny Zhang