Quotes About Wealth

chain. His left wrist held a thick gold Rolex whose

When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can

Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God's money will I keep for myself?

One great reason why the rich in general have so little sympathy for the poor is because they so seldom visit them. Hence it is that one part of the world does not know what the other suffers. Many of them do not know, because they do not care to know: they keep out of the way of knowing it – and then plead their voluntary ignorance as an excuse for their hardness of heart.

Do not impute to money the faults of human nature.

Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

that the old man should insist upon his son studying medicine and surgery, when every one knows he will inherit at least ten thousand a-year.'—'Nothing to do with it,' was the argument of the father; 'who can tell what is to happen to funded, or even landed property, in England? The empire of disease takes in the world; and in all its quarters, medical knowledge may be made the key to competency and wealth.

Poverty with freedom from debt is great wealth. If

Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence," she said reflectively.

Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.

Today the game is rigged—rigged to work for those who have money and power. Big corporations hire armies of lobbyists to get billion-dollar loopholes into the tax system and persuade their friends in Congress to support laws that keep the playing field tilted in their favor. Meanwhile, hardworking families are told that they'll just have to live with smaller dreams for their children.

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you. "But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate...Part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.

Be compassionate to the needy. Neither squander wealth nor hoard it. Never lose your sense of shame. If questions are asked of you, answer them frankly but do not ask too many yourself. Be manly and of good cheer. Never kill a foe who is begging for mercy.

I have been rich, and I have been poor. Believe me baby, rich is better!

There's even a name for the people who have the most stuff. They're called hoarders. Back in the day they were just called grandmothers.

Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.

Many despise economy, confounding it with stinginess and narrowness. But economy is consistent with the broadest liberality. Indeed, without economy, there can be no true liberality. We are to save, that we may give.

Health is a treasure. Of all temporal possessions it is the most precious.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing." "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." ...

Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away.

Teach them that the approbation and smiles of Jesus are of greater value than the praise or flattery or approval of the most wealthy, the most exalted, the most learned of the earth.

The love of money is the root of all evil. It blinds the vision and prevents people from discerning their obligations to God or to their neighbors.—