Character Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Riches are of no value in themselves; their use is discovered only in that which they procure.

— Samuel Johnson

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.

— Henry David Thoreau

The ideas by which people . . . interpret their existence and in measure guide their behavior, were not forged in a world of wealth.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them…

— Jean Cocteau

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

— Epictetus

Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to economise. It…

— Morarji Desai

Wealth does not teach us to transcend the desire for wealth. The possession of many goods does not bring the repose of not desiring…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and…

— P. T. Barnum

If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads toward poverty.

— Napoleon Hill

Business in a certain sort of men is a mark of understanding, and they are honored for it. Their souls seek repose in agitation,…

— Michel de Montaigne

Wealth is only ever actually created from the bottom-up, with free people employing their distinctly human creativity and finding ways to serve and employ…

— Joe Lonsdale

Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

— Saadi