Wealth Quotes

3042 Wealth quotes by 1723 unique authors

My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius — Homer
There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living… — Ralph Moody
No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right… — Theodore Roosevelt
O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not… — Henry David Thoreau
Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is wealth. The God of this century is… — Oscar Wilde
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. — Aristotle
Intimacy, says the phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard, is the highest value. I resist this statement at first. What about artistic achievement, or moral courage, or heroism,… — Mark Doty
If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his… — Khalil Gibran
Here I am,' I thought, 'back from the jungle, back from the ruins. Here, where wealth is no longer gorgeous and power has no dignity. — Evelyn Waugh
It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth… — Stephen R. Lawhead
What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a… — Alan Watts
Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is… — Herman E. Daly
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided… — Terry Pratchett
When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth.… — Jean Vanier
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Mahatma Gandhi
She [Mérian] shook her head sadly. 'What Bran wants is impossible.' 'Well,' I [Will] said, 'I wouldn't be too sure. I have seen the lone… — Stephen R. Lawhead
If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other form of visible… — Charles Spurgeon
A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social… — Wendell Berry
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those… — Alexandre Dumas
If you give your soul up to anything earthly, whether it be the wealth, or the honours, or the pleasures of this world, you might… — Charles Spurgeon
It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals. — Helen Fielding
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened… — Erich Fromm
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink.… — Steve Martin
Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy any book you want… — John Waters
Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others - the… — Eduardo Galeano

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