Quotes About Wealth

Many persons, as they begin to prosper, immediately expand their ideas and commence expending for luxuries, until in a short time their expenses swallow up their income, and they become ruined in their ridiculous attempts to keep up appearances, and make a "sensation.

What! Giving again?" I ask in dismay. "And must I keep giving and giving away?" "Oh no," said the angel looking me through, "Just keep giving till the Master stops giving to you!

excepto las que reconocemos. Tanto la pobreza como la riqueza se derivan del pensamiento.

Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else! But it is sufficient to destroy one's chances of achievement in any undertaking, a truth which became painfully evident during the depression.

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of hard work! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck.

Expecting poverty instead of demanding riches. Association with those who accept poverty instead of seeking the company of those who demand and receive riches.

non ti fidare, ragazzo mio, di quelli che promettono di farti ricco dalla mattina alla sera. Per il solito, o sono matti o imbroglioni! Il Grillo-parlante a Pinocchio

The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.

Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.

One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.

what sort of technology is this that can send a man to the moon but can't put a piece of bread on every human being's table?" "Perhaps the problem doesn't lie in the technology, but in those who decide how to make use of it," I suggested.

The night I met him [he] told me that, for some reason, life usually grants us what we are not looking for. He was given wealth, fame, and power, yet his soul yearned only for spiritual peace so that he could silence the shadows in his heart...

El modo más eficaz de hacer inofensivos a los pobres es enseñarles a querer imitar a los ricos.

El dinero es como cualquier otro virus: una vez que pudre el alma del que lo alberga, parte en busca de sangre fresca.

O dinheiro não compra a felicidade, costumava dizer Kolvenik, mas compra todo o resto.

Az ember nem veszi észre, mennyi kapzsiság gyülemlett fel a szívében, amíg meg nem hallja a zsebében a pénz édes csilingelését.

El truco está en no juntar las pesetas de tres en tres, sino de tres millones en tres millones

To je ona stara, reci mi ?ime se razme?eš i re?i ?u ti ?ime oskudijevaš.

el dinero no tiene importancia, a menos que se carezca de él.

Inimene ei tea, kui palju ahnust tema südames peitub, enne kui on kuulnud hõbeda meelitavat kõlinat oma taskutes.

All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.

Il sistema più efficace per rendere inoffensivi i poveri è insegnare loro a imitare i ricchi.»

fille d'un riche fabricant de machines textiles qui avait fait fortune en partant de rien, au prix d'efforts et de sacrifices immenses consentis surtout par les autres.