He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don’t think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don’t need money.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

A true capitalist doesn’t have a job, because other people and other people’s money work for them.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

I shouldn’t be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.

Money is like an arm or leg – use it or lose it.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

Affluence means influence.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.

‚Credit‘ is another word for trustworthiness.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

It’s no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

The reason why I wear gold – I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it’s symbolic of my African heritage.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider… the riders contend for its possession.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

There’s nothing – I’ve bought everything I want. I don’t like yachts or anything; you know, I’m not a yacht person, and I’ve got pretty much the nicest plane I’d want to have.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

The rich don’t work for money – the rich invent money.

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Money ain’t everything.

We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can’t walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.

Material things are delightful, but they’re not important.

Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 – Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have – by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.

I’m a bit like the Queen in that I don’t carry much cash.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

Working hard to earn more money and then giving it away in higher taxes isn’t financially intelligent, even if you do put some of it into a retirement account.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

It’s honestly true that money means nothing to me.

We’ve all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.