Quotes About Wealth

How different would our world be today if there had been effective mission among those who a few years ago felt free to make huge personal fortunes out of subprime mortgages in the United States? The results of the nonevangelization of that segment of American society has today had global outcomes effecting millions of lives.) So, start at home !31

The world we live in includes two Great Divides. Economically, the rich-poor divide calls us to lives of generosity. Theologically, the ways that we understand God and faith calls us to a globally expanded view of God.

There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn.

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

The highest paid members of our society are not the people who teach us, heal us, or lead us in worship; the people we are willing to award with inordinate sums of money are the people who entertain us.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Our affluence does not make us selfish; it simply enables us to afford more sophisticated expressions of selfishness.

La esperanza ya ha venido y ha traído consigo riquezas y poder para ti. Como puedes ver, no tienes un problema de esperanza; tienes un problema de visión, pero la gracia te ilumina.

He reminds us not to live for the treasures of the moment:

Even without the constant bombardment to reach for more wealth, 'just enough' can still sound like a weak counter-narrative to 'keep striving for more'. But even if it appears boring to accept that you (may) have enough wealth already, it can also be tremendously liberating. Once you have enough money to afford the basic things you want in life, you can stop constantly worrying.

As a politician, if you are really interested in tackling inequality to ensure that as many people as possible have 'just enough', then you need to ensure that the rich stop using, as Stiglitz puts it, 'their political influence to cut taxes and curtail government spending'.

The more people are convinced by the 'just enough' approach, the more likely they will be to limit their material consumption, and favour redistributing resources away from those with more than enough towards those with little.

pays pretty well, and does not involve getting my hands dirty or risking death. And I will remind them that, whatever else they may achieve

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

The constant pursuit of material possessions/money status or sexual relationships, and so on, can be problematic.

The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries powerful. Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world.

The Russian economy was strong, though only the wealthy seemed to enjoy the benefits. Throughout 1913 the stock market surged to record levels,

Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial territory can only be underwritten by loot and tribute extracted by constant new conquests; empires must continue to expand if they are not to collapse.

I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I'm proud of it.

The rich are different from you and me: they have more influence.

Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.