Quotes About Riches

For centuries, prosperity has been easy to define in material terms. At a personal level, by how much one earns; how much one has.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

It [being very rich] used to worry me, and I thought it wrong to have so many beautiful things when others had nothing. Now I realize that it is possible for the rich to sin by coveting the privileges of the poor. The poor have always been the favourites of God and his saints, but I believe that is is one of the special achievements of Grace to sanctify the whole of life, riches included.

The Chinese could also study the example of Japan's history in the first half of the twentieth century as a warning of what can happen as a country becomes richer and stronger, when support for military expansion becomes so strong that its leaders are unable to restrain superpatriotic

Una cosa es segura, y nada lo es más: los ricos crían riqueza, y los pobres crían... hijos.

Her voice is full of money

It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it…. High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl….

If good wishes had been ten-dollar bills, he would have left a rich man.

In seeking anything, we do so out of ambition, but we either fail to achieve that ambition and are the poorer, or we think we have achieved it and are merely rich madmen.

Desde el punto de vista ético, se considera que toda fuente de riqueza es social y por tanto implica responsabilidades sociales en quienes se benefician de ella, tanto más cuanto más provecho obtengan.

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

I'm filthy rich!

I have nothing to complain about financially.

My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever made. I thought I was rich.

Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.

Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness.

My family wasn't rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, 'Err on the side of caution.'

I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.

Money can be taken away from you, by the IRS or by pistol. That's why I always measure riches in terms of wisdom. No one can ever take from you what you know.

I do know some of the world's richest people. In monetary terms, they all performed very well. In terms of a fulfilling life, I am less sure.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.