Quotes about Wealth

Whether the owners of this species of property [slavery] do really see it as it is, it is not for me to say, but if they do, they see it as it is through 2,000,000,000 of dollars, and that is a pretty thick coating.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist.

Frugality is misery in disguise.

remarked: [I]f our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements , etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.4

Wages, investments, and home values are the three legs of the economic stool for most Americans.

Money is a bonus of the job, but it doesn't always make you happy.

Much effort, much prosperity.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.

All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.