Quotes About Wealth

the laws govern the poor, and the rich govern the law

At this he laughed, and so did we: the jests of the rich are ever successful.

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

The Nation observed, "If you steal $25, you're a thief. If you steal $250,000, you're an embezzler. If you steal $2,500,000, you're a financier.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right - it holds my golden time!

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right — it holds my golden time!

L'Africa è incompresa: nonostante tutte le sue ricchezze umane che ha da condividere, è il continente più abbandonato del nostro pianeta.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

What we object to is the division of society into two classes, of which one class owns the capital, and the other performs the labor.

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

A person either disciplines his finances or his finances disciplines him.

Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it.

New Golden Rule of Fractional Reserve Banking: He who creates the "fool's gold" controls the fools.

Wealthy people attract critics like wealthy ships attract pirates.

A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education.

You can have a Masters degree in making money, but you will still wind up broke if you have a PhD in spending it.