Quotes About Wealth

Thor spake: "In a single breast I never have seen More wealth of wisdom old; But with treacherous wiles must I now betray thee: The day has cought thee dwarf! (Now the sun shines here in the hall.)

In a single breast I never have seen More wealth of wisdom old; But with treacherous wiles must I now betray thee: The day has cought thee dwarf! (Now the sun shines here in the hall.)

In a single breast I never have seen More wealth of wisdom old; But with treacherous wiles must I now betray thee: The day has caught thee, dwarf! (Now the sun shines here in the hall.)

Man's life is of God, not of his goods, however abundant they may be.

In the age of acorns, before the times of Ceres, a single barley-corn had been of more value to mankind than all the diamonds of the mines of India.

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.

To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rather.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Vi løskjøper oss fra synet av elendighet ved hjelp av kobberskillinger, men det er fordyrt fortiggerenogfor billig for oss

A missing lover, a severed hand, but a body never discovered… An heiress and a bloodied gown…

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.