Quotes About Riches

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

A poor believer [monetarily] certainly is looked down upon in certain churches, and yet he may be the richest man spiritually in that church.

One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

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.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that. Then I explain that he has more money than some countries.

Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity.

Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute our very essence.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.