Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

The term ‚globalisation‘ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.

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

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

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.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

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 consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Even if the economy crashes, we will still burn oil.

I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Rappers aren’t the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone’s business to be super wealthy.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that’s it. The lifestyle doesn’t change.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

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

I’m interested in movement, and I’m interested in money, and I’m interested in the movement of money.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Wealth – any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

Money ain’t everything.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

I think the word rich is all relative.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.