Quotes About Wealth

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. But we shall not be poor if we love liberty, because the nation that loves liberty truly sets every man free to do his best and be his best.

In Beverly Hills, they don't throw their garbage away — they make it into television shows.

Some will rob you with a six-gunAnd some with a fountain pen.

California is a garden of EdenA paradise to live in or seeBut believe it or notYou won't find it so hotIf you ain't got the do-re-mi

To preserve our relationships, we give of our time, our assets, our attention, our help, and our love. To preserve our wealth, we give generously as we are accumulating, so we do not invoke the Universal law of maximization, which states that when anything reaches its maximum potential, it turns toward its opposite.

Lowndes was a colleague, who was not very active, but had just enough money to be a cubist, that was to say quite a lot.

In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice.

A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.

Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.

Most of us are always trying to increase our wealth, but you and your officers seem far more concerned with perfecting your souls.

An impostor is a man who claims more wealth and courage than he actually possesses. He's a man who begins what he can never finish. On the other hand, those who can make their friends laugh are men of good taste." My

As for those ... who can obtain by lawful means whatever they need, how can we consider them poor?

The more dishes a man has on his table beyond what is sufficient, the sooner satiety in eating comes upon him.

In China we believe "rob the rich to feed the poor." But robbers here have no poetry.

Guardei o segredo da Catadora de Lixo e nunca contei ao filho que ela passara um longo tempo acompanhando seus movimentos. Mas nunca mais fui à casa dele, pois a Catadora de Lixo, cuja memória eu prezo muito, nunca atravessou sequer a soleira daquela casa. Embora ele parecesse tão abastado, ela é que era realmente rica.

This generation possessed freedom and material wealth their elders could only dream of, and they looked for the miracle of love in the void between Chinese and Western culture. They created idealised versions of themselves on the internet, and pushed the boundaries of what they thought love could be. But as this generation grew accustomed to the loneliness of living without brothers and sisters, the family could no longer be considered the backbone of Chinese culture.

There was a jail with a prisoner in it," he said, "who was surrounded by mountains of money. He kept counting the money and feeling so happy about his life, thinking that he was the richest man in the whole world. A man passing by saw him and said through the tiny window: "Why are you so happy? You are in prison? Do you know that?" The prisoner laughed: "No! No! It is not that I am inside the jail. It is that you are outside of the jail!

Like many very rich people, Ford did not have to sell himself; Iacocca knew no other way. "He had a lot of ability," Ford later said of Iacocca. "Unfortunately his ability lies ninety-nine percent in sales. But it isn't only in selling cars—it's selling everything.

Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

What we spend, we lose. What we keep will be left for others. What we give away will be ours forever.

Karma operates not so much as some external credit-and-debit ledger but more as an energy, a charge that grows over time. This is how even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.