Quotes About Riches

God does not give money. He gives the power to get wealth.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare and feeble thing.

Those who trade with heaven by prayer grow rich by quick returns.

O! he sits high in all the people's hearts:And that which would appear offense in us,His countenance, like richest alchemy,Will change to virtue and to worthiness.

I' the commonwealth I would by contrariesExecute all things; for no kind of trafficWould I admit; no name of magistrate;Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,And use of service, none; contract, succession,Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none;No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;No occupation; all men idle, all;And women too, but innocent and pure.

Thou hast nor youth nor age;But, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep,Dreaming on both; for all thy blessed youthBecomes as aged, and doth beg the almsOf palsied eld; and when thou art old and rich,Thou hast neither heat, affection, limb, nor beauty,To make thy riches pleasant.

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor:For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,So honor peereth in the meanest habit.

Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul oyster.

Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is goot gifts.

She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

Second Corinthians speaks concerning the ministry, which is constituted with, and produced and formed by, the experiences of the riches of Christ through sufferings, consuming pressures, and the killing work of the cross. The ministry is not merely a matter of gift. A person may be able to speak fluently and eloquently and give many good illustrations and proverbs, but this is just a gift. What the church, the Body, needs today is the ministry.

The building up of the church is based upon the building up of the individual members. Furthermore, the building of the members depends on their growth, which, in turn, depends upon being rooted in Christ and absorbing the riches of Christ to become the very element with which the members grow.

Regeneration took place in our spirit, not in our physical body or in our mind. This means the Triune God is now in our spirit (Eph. 4:6; 2 Cor. 13:5; Rom. 8:9). What a treasure we have within (2 Cor. 4:7)! The Triune God has come into our spirit to stay (John 4:24; 2 Tim. 4:22; Rom. 8:16). Here in our spirit is where the unsearchable riches of Christ are.

If our roots are tender and new to absorb the riches of Christ, we shall grow automatically with the riches we assimilate.

I cried all the way to the bank.

A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.

The mathematics stacks were as silent and empty as ever—apparently no one suspected the riches hidden there.

As I headed down the library steps, I turned back to look. The mathematics stacks were as silent and empty as ever. Apparently no one suspected the riches hidden there.

an enormous stately home. Mr Spud named it 'Freshbum Towers'.

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.

Fame & fortune come with a price that fame finds insulting and fortune can't afford to pay back.