Quotes about Wealth
A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social and spiritual, of its members - among them the need to need one another. The answer to the present alignment of political power with wealth is the restoration of the identity of community and economy. (pg. 63, Racism and the Economy)
— Wendell Berry
He found identity and status in the possession of things. Liam was quiet, thoughtful, slow to speak, and always gave away more than he took in.
— Charles Martin
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
— Calvin Coolidge
...without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
— Samuel Johnson
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.
— Abraham Lincoln
Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.
— Abraham Lincoln
When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.
— Napoleon Hill
Labor is the true standard of value.
— Abraham Lincoln
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.
— St. John Chrysostom
The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I Googled 'What do rich people buy?' Because I don't feel like a rich person, and I don't really try to act like a rich person, so I don't know what they buy. I didn't really like the stuff I saw, so I'm gonna stick with my humble lifestyle and just keep working out.
— J. J. Watt
Fear will make you stingy.
— Kenneth Copeland