Quotes About Wealth

In the same way that the really rich can never be mad (they're eccentric), so they can also never be rude (they're outspoken and forthright).

Decided to put aside ethnic differences in the cause of making more money.

I was a drunk. You have to be richer than I was to be an alcoholic.

gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold 'Is there a chorus?' Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.' said Hwel. 'You left out a gold there.

This is what we can promise the future: a legacy of care. That we will be good stewards and not take too much or give back too little, that we will recognize wild nature for what it is, in all its magnificent and complex history - an unfathomable wealth that should be consciously saved, not ruthlessly spent.

This is what we can promise the future: a legacy of care. That we will be good stewards and not take too much or give back too little, that we will recognize wild nature for what it is, in all its magnificent and complex history - an unfathomable wealth that should be consciously saved, not ruthlessly spent. Privilege is what we inherit by our status as Homo sapiens living on this planet.

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire'?

This is the way modern men do battle, not with spear and sword, but with credit cards. My platinum beats your gold. Poor Elliot with his unisex Minolta is left in the dust

You cannot have both. Riches and purity do not match. Humility hates pride." He paced in a circle. "You have been warned.

why anticipate bad things? We all experience these things, both the rich and the poor." Elena

We have created a society in which the rich become richer and the poor become poorer, and in which we are so caught up in our own immediate problems that we cannot afford to be aware of what is going on with the rest of the human family or our planet Earth. In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over a few seeds of grain, unaware that in a few hours they will all be killed.

Jesus said that it is as difficult for a wealthy person to enter the Kingdom of God as it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

This bias may be at the root of all other biases. Yet being right has little to do with making money.

Geizhälse sind die Plage ihrer Zeitgenossen, aber das Entzücken ihrer Erben.

Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as themselves had nothing? And wherein did these latter differ so greatly from the successful?

For these local families of distinction were convinced that not only one's family but one's wealth was the be-all and end-all of every happy union meant to include social security. And in consequence, while considering Clyde as one who was unquestionably eligible socially, still, because it had been whispered about that his means were very slender, they were not inclined to look upon him as one who might aspire to marriage with any of their daughters.

People like money even more than they do looks.

Clyde was as vain and proud as he was poor

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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.

Time has much more value than money. Time is life. Money is nothing compared with life. In two hours of drinking tea together, we don't get money, but we do get life.

Many people still believe that we can only be happy when we have a lot of money and power. Looking around, we see many people who have plenty of money and power, but who still suffer very deeply from stress and loneliness. So power and money are not the answer. We have to educate ourselves in the art of living mindfully.

Jon Tester became a multi-millionaire in the Senate, even bought a Cosmopolitan Castle on Capitol Hill. I don't want a castle in Washington, and I don't think becoming a senator should make you rich enough to buy one.

The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.