Quotes About Wealth

The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need: it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden. As kids, we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could.

In the very few interviews I've made, it doesn't matter how long we've talked to each other, the headline is still just about my paycheck.

Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

Money talks. When you have the financing behind you, you can make deals.

Maybe if you win a Nobel Prize in economics, you make a lot of money by giving talks... but not in my area.

I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'

Money talks; there's no question about it.

Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly.

'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it also details instances where I was acting like I had money when I really didn't have that much money.

Money talks at the end of the day.

Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class.

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.

If I ever make a lot of money in the NBA, I'm going to have this massive tank, and it's going to have an alligator in it.

You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.

God's blessing is not for personal aggrandizement, but to benefit and bless all the peoples of the earth. To understand the distinction makes all the difference in the world. The theology of wealth says, 'I give so that I can get.' Christian simplicity says, 'I get so that I can give.' The difference is profound.

In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot.

Extremes of wealth and poverty are a scandal to Christian brotherhood. They must not be allowed.

God's ownership of everything also changes the kind of question we ask in giving. Rather than, "How much of my money should I give to God?" we learn to ask, "How much of God's money should I keep for myself?" The difference between these two questions is of monumental proportions.

Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15).

Constantly the Bible deals decisively with the inner spirit of slavery that an idolatrous attachment to wealth brings. "If riches increase, set not your heart on them," counsels the psalmist (Ps. 62:10). The tenth commandment is against covetousness, the inner lust to have, which leads to stealing and oppression. The wise sage understood that "He who trusts in his riches will wither" (Prov. 11:28).

As Martin Luther writes: The sinful worship of Mammon does not consist in eating and drinking and wearing clothes . . . for the needs of this life and of the body make food and clothing a requirement. But the sin consists in being concerned about it and making it the reliance and confidence of your heart . . .1

The unreasoned boast abounds that the good life is found in accumulation, that "more is better.

We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost touch with reality. We crave things we neither need nor enjoy. 'We buy things we do not want to impress people we do not like.' ...It is time to awaken to the fact that conformity to a sick society is to be sick.