Desire Quote by Confucius

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

— Posidonius

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

— Solon

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this…

— David Wilkerson

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect…

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful. It is legitimate and right to…

— Wallace D. Wattles

Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a…

— George Stillman Hillard

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

— Ambrose

Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his…

— Samuel Johnson

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

— Eleanora Duse

I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.

— Brian Aldiss

Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices,…

— Aristotle

Wealth is a thing, earned with honesty and justice. Its opposite is the Mammon of unrighteousness.

— Dayananda Saraswati