Accepting Quote by P. T. Barnum

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

All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as…

— Alfred Marshall

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.

— Fanny Burney

A healthy desire for wealth is not greed. It's a desire for life.

— Jen Sincero

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine…

— Louisa May Alcott

Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but…

— Thucydides

Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.

— Calvin Coolidge

If you don't put a value on money and seek wealth, you most probably won't receive it. You must seek wealth for it to…

— John Frederick Demartini

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

— Epictetus

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

— Henry David Thoreau

“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