Firsts Quote by Horace

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

— Horace

“If you seek money, be wise; if you seek power, be strong; if you seek honor, be virtuous; if you seek happiness, be yourself.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the possession of money that constitutes wealth, that gives the highest satisfaction, and awakens the consciousness of noble achievement, the assurance…

— Orison Swett Marden

“I should like to put before every one who is provided, from whatever source, with an income independent of their own exertions the following…

— Catherine Durning Whetham

When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that the dread…

— Edward Bellamy

All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]

— Horace

Get money first; virtue comes after.

— Horace

“Money is the universal, self-constituted value of all things. Hence it has robbed the whole world... of its proper value. Money is the alienated…

— Karl Marx

“Money is nothing to us; it's merely the symbol of success. We are the greatest idealists in the world; I happen to think that…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“What is the purpose of wealth if it cannot serve an ideal that enhances humanity and betters the lives of the people, even if…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Wealth and property are the servants of body which is the vehicle of soul of which the essence is knowledge and for which there…

— Imam Al-Ghazali

Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth.

— John Milton