Quotes About Wealth

Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.

The world admires wealth and velocity—these are the things for which everyone strives. Railroads, the post, steamboats, and all possible modes of communication are the means by which the world overeducates itself and freezes itself in mediocrity.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.

The domestic life of most classes is relatively shabby, as compared with the éclat of that overt portion of their life that is carried on before the eyes of observers.

Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

Everything which the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth.

I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak.

I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

The trick in life is not to die. The trick in investing is not to lose.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

Money is a big part of your life, and when you learn how to get your finances under control, all areas of your life will soar.

Desire for increased wealth is not evil... it is simply the desire for more abundant life; it is aspiration.

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.

I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them.

The struggle for life is not only the material and economic one. Comfort is no protection from anxiety.

Being rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich.

Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.

If you're unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don't blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth, and status. Then watch what happens.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.