Quotes about Wealth
He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
— Samuel Johnson
To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.
— Ezra Taft Benson
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.
— Mark Twain
If you've got a billion dollars and you're ungrateful, you're a poor man. If you have very little but you're grateful for what you have, you're truly rich.
— Tony Robbins
A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.
— Charles Spurgeon
A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.
— Charles Spurgeon
Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.
— Elbert Hubbard
To paraphrase the Bible, what shall it profit a man (or a woman) who gains the whole world but loses his or her own family?
— Billy Graham
We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt