Desire Quote by Michel de Montaigne

People want riches; they need fulfillment.

— Robert Conklin

The desire for riches is simply the capacity for a larger life seeking fulfillment; every desire is the effort of an unexpressed possibility come…

— Wallace D. Wattles

Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a…

— John Armstrong

“There is a deeper satisfaction if you earn from your own work than relying on corruptible ways of amassing riches.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men, because they always purchase pleasures such as men are accustomed to and desire; nor…

— David Hume

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

Riches should come as the reward for hard work, preferably by one's forebears

— Steven Runciman

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of…

— Matthew Henry

Lack of desire is the greatest riches.

— Seneca the Younger

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eye is never…

— Adam Smith

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.

— Plutarch

Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.

— Solomon