Quotes About Wealth

no degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

it contains a zippered pouch holding forty thousand dollars in hundreds and twenties.

Behind every great fortune, there is a crime

earned him in excess of twenty million dollars.

Wealth had not corrupted him. What he'd chosen to do with his wealth corrupted him. First he insulated himself from ordinary human experience, and then deemed himself superior to the masses, excused himself from all constraints not only of morality but also of tradition, and subsequently felt justified in casting off his conscience as a worthless artifact of primitive and superstitious minds. He had made of himself a malignancy in the human community.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (I Tim. 6:6-8).

There's never been a war in the history of the world that wasn't started by the wealthy for the wealthy

Consider your life your personal currency-and invest it wisely.

Judge Rountree holds half my property in the palm of his hand. Denton's growl broke the silence. I'd appreciate if you didn't insult him at all, much less in his own home. He named his children One, Two, Three, and Four, she said. He deserves to be insulted.

People of North America: may the example of all those nations that have preceded you, and especially that of your motherland, be your guide. Beware the abundance of gold that brings about the corruption of morals and the scorn of law; beware of an unbalanced distribution of wealth that will produce a small number of opulent citizens and a horde of citizens in poverty...

Maybe, when you hear the name Beverly, you think of Beverly Hills--people wandering the streets with their heads shot off by money.

If you've ever had to run you know that stuff is just stuff. Even rich people can only stand in one room at a time.

It occurred to him that thinking like this could explain why, even after all the jobs he'd pulled, he rarely had much money in his pockets. Sometimes it seemed like he stole money from one place just to give it away somewhere else.

they had become the people her parents worked for. But they were better versions. And her parents, hungry as they were, would have expected no less. You couldn't fight the Haves. The only thing you could do was become them to such a degree that they came to you for what they had not.

Left-wing policies don't stop the rich from being rich, they stop the non-rich from getting rich.

A poor man who can make himself satisfied with his portion will be happier than a wealthy man who does not allow himself to be satisfied with his portion

The poor who commit murder, rape and robbery are not only not starving, they have far more material things than the word 'poverty' suggests.

A simple test to ascertain how much you enjoy and derive meaning from your work is to ask yourself whether you would continue doing it if you won the lottery.

He settled in his beautiful Georgian house in Lymington surrounded by beautiful things. He knew how to live well, perhaps without regard for his health. He hated exercise, smoked, drank and wrote. Today he would have been bullied by wife and children and friends into giving up these habits and changing his lifestyle, but I'm not sure he would have given in. Maybe like me, he would simply find a quiet place. Dominic Wheatley, 2013

There is no UHaul behind the hearse.

The self or wealth, which is greater? Gain or loss, which is more painful?

The assignment of more importance to wealth can actually lead to gain being more painful.

Money might not buy happiness, I reflected, but it was a useful commodity, nonetheless.

Money is a good bridle, but a weak rein.