Quotes About Wealth

A condemned poor man, if steals to feed his starving kid, is slammed into prison. Contrast this to a rich man's crime.

Man may have rank and position and a thousand qualifications, he may possess all the good of the earth, but if he lacks the art of personality he is poor indeed. It is in this art that man shows the nobility which belongs to the kingdom of God.

I ask, Lord, for daily bread, but not for wealth, lest I forget the poor. I ask for strength, but not for power, lest I despise the meek. I ask for wisdom, but not for learning, lest I condemn the simple. I ask for a clean name, but not for fame, lest I condemn the lowly. I ask for peace of mind, but not for idle hours, lest I fail to hearken to the call of duty.

Helena Ekdahl, the famous actress – who was brought to Uppsala by her rich, young husband – who bought a theatre for her – and allowed her to play in it until he decided it was time to start a family.

For many money is wealth, for me health is wealth." ~ Invajy

It has seven hundred rooms and suites, three hundred of which are apartments owned by the cream of New York-wealthy widows and business tycoons

It's the richest hotel in town. And they all keep their jewels in the big vault room behind the cashier's desk.

a blue dyed Balenciaga mink and almost exactly $2,500,000 worth of diamonds—including a thirty-odd carat diamond in each ear and a 34.8 carat blue diamond ring (putting it just below the famed Hope diamond, which is 44.5 carats, and the 35.5-carat Wittebacher, which is on sale for $650,000. Contact J. Komkommer in Antwerp). …Childless, she spends 5 or 6 months a year in the U.S. (she has a 7½ room apartment in Manhattan's Hotel Pierre)…

I got plenty of nothin',And nothin's plenty for me.

We curse out loud instead of loving out loud! Our words and thoughts produce life or death. We choose! God gave us the freedom to choose good or evil, peace or worry, contentment or depression, healing or sickness, order or disorder, wealth or poverty, knowledge or illiteracy,

What would I do with billions? I don't need it. Would it make me a better artist?

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.

Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.

He'd be much, much more in love with the little one if he could give her nice clothes and diamonds and soft furs… that's just the way it is: the more brilliant and impressive a role you can play for someone, the more you love them.

But Godenheimer's had the best and cheapest silver foxes, and buttered Frau Breitwehr up, and called her "Madam" every other sentence. So she bought the silver fox fur. When she wears it, they look like a rich fur taking a poor woman out for a walk.

If the eccentric is sufficiently integrated to succeed in some field, to gain wealth or power, he is admired and respected and his oddity is overlooked. But if the eccentric fails, he is pitied or ridiculed and shunned as something strange.

They hungered after gold like pigs.

A heavy wallet is lined with tears.

Father would have reconciled himself to poverty, but he couldn't do without glory.

The Odessan is the polar opposite of the Petrogradian. As a rule, Odessans make a killing in Petrograd.

Building your personal brand is one of the few ways you can ensure that you don't stay broke.

I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.

These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.

A great artist is never poor.