Quotes About Wealth

Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.

Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the omnipotent state.

Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.

To have a happy ending, choose a happy moment and call it 'the ending'. Honesty is incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune.

Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.

I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.

Wealth makes everything easy - honesty most of all.

When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

Wealth, honors, pleasures, is not so eagerly to be desired as the forgiveness of our sins.

When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.

Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Whether we are poor or rich or somewhere in between, we honor the Lord with all he has placed in our care. We open our hands to the poor and share the joy of generous Christian giving.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.

To be the highest-paid running back ever is quite an honor.

Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions; therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion.

A good example is a better legacy for children than wealth or honor.

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.