Quotes About Wealth

I have never had personal debt and never will.

I make the money, and I don't have to take the abuse some of the stars do, opening up their personal life. I can go into a restaurant, sit down, and have a nice meal without being harassed. Arnold Schwarzenegger can't do that.

I feel my personality is richer than my bank account. So if I meet a girl, maybe first she just likes me because I'm rich. But then she's gonna get to know me and say, 'Screw the money.'

I can buy anything I want now. It hasn't changed me personally. It just changed what I can do for myself and my family.

First of all, from a spiritual perspective, I don't think anyone needs to be apologetic about being successful or having money. The more successful you are, the more job opportunities you create for other people.

We rich people have been falsely persuaded by our schooling and the affirmation of society, and have convinced ourselves, that we are the main job creators. It's simply not true.

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.

I grew up in Northern Ireland, in the middle of nowhere, and when you are poor, you are really poor. And when you are rich, you are very rich. This is not a new phenomenon.

I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.

I would love to have had much more money so that I could be a philanthropist.

I hate the term 'philanthropist.'

I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

The Royal family have always been great philanthropists.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

Supposing I write out a cheque for a billion dollars to the foundation, does it mean anything? There must be evidence of philanthropy. Otherwise, I'm sitting with that money, earning interest exactly the way in my holding company.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

In my experience, the more successful an idea is, the easier it is to fund it. In philanthropy, it's almost harder.

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

One of those things I never exactly cared for was that phobia of appearing to be rich. To become rich is a natural thing, a result of your work, that which you've done.