Quotes About Riches

Andrew Carnegie was truly saddened by the revelation of poor Pierpont's poverty. "And to think he was not a rich man

Rockefeller warned refiners joining Standard Oil not to parade their sudden wealth, lest people wonder where they got the cash.

If roomy and comfortable, it was extremely modest for someone of Rockefeller's wealth and, like his Cleveland residence, subtly masked the size of his fortune.

Though Rockefeller resisted the yacht-owning fad that swept New York society in the 1880s and owned neither a boat nor private railroad car, he spared no expense for fast-trotting horses

Remember, only fifty words makes the difference between a rich

William Perkins said, "The end of a man's calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.

If work really were such a good thing, then the rich would surely have found a way to keep it for themselves. HAITIAN PROVERB

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external riches with fear; they often leave their possessor scorned and mocked at for having lost them.

Our perspective is of utmost importance to God: where our hope is, where our treasure is, and what we are doing with the riches God has given us.

Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.

Affluence = abundant flow.

Why should the search for happiness be only or essentially material and mental? Aren't there untold riches too in the moral, the sentimental and the spiritual realms?

Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.

Squander your riches far from this unfeeling body to which no season, either spiritual or sensual, makes any difference.

Love in your heart is better than gold in your hands.

Loss of worldly riches is better than loss of heavenly treasures.

When you're rich, you don't write checks. Straight cash, homey.

Bem sei que os pobres só podem falar de dinheiro, mas falar de dinheiro nunca enriqueceu ninguém.

The public wants gurus, and new gurus will come. As an intelligent trader, you must realize that in the long run, no guru is going to make you rich. You have to work on that yourself.

Tell him that riches will not procure for you a single moment of happiness. Luxury consoles poverty alone, and at that only for a short time, until one becomes accustomed to it.

I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win. Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

This Fyfe kept a very low profile. He must have been worth tens of millions, minimum, but there was very little about him online—Altschuler had checked. Occasionally he was written up for donating to this charity or that, but he managed to keep his business interests strictly out of the public eye.

Books,' he said, like he might have said 'Jewels.