The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Khalil GibranOil 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.
Fidel CastroMoney’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.
Paul AusterI definitely don’t think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
George BestThe man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
B. C. ForbesPeople say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘
Robert KiyosakiIf you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Jesus ChristWars are caused by undefended wealth.
Ernest HemingwayAs I followed my dream – stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired – I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
Wayne DyerI think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don’t have a short-term payback.
Steve JobsIt is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Mahatma GandhiPricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.
Robert KiyosakiIt is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.
Helen KellerI felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed.
BonoSome people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.
Bill GatesIf past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Warren BuffettA great mind becomes a great fortune.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaNo man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Oscar WildeIn the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.
Thich Nhat HanhLandlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Karl MarxThe way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Andrew CarnegieFear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Ernest HemingwayWhen it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
VoltaireProsperity is the best protector of principle.
Mark TwainAll the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.
Napoleon HillNo one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne FrankPhysical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.
Dalai LamaIf you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
Narendra ModiI had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.
Dolly PartonI’m interested in movement, and I’m interested in money, and I’m interested in the movement of money.
Conor McGregorPoor and content is rich, and rich enough.
William ShakespearePoverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerMost people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.
Richard BransonAll the political angst and moral melodrama about getting ‚the rich‘ to pay ‚their fair share‘ is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.
Thomas SowellWhoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
EpictetusOf 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.
Paulo CoelhoThere is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
Andrew CarnegieHe that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Benjamin FranklinSo when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.
Steve JobsI’m filthy rich!
Adam SandlerIt is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
Thomas SowellIf I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.
Bill GatesI 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.
J. K. RowlingIf the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
Edmund BurkeWhen a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn’t got any.
George Bernard ShawIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWho is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
Babe RuthHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
Leonardo da VinciNew knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Kurt VonnegutI could become very rich in Guatemala but by the low method of ratifying my title, opening a clinic, and specialising in allergies. To do that would be the most horrible betrayal of the two ‚I’s‘ struggling inside me: the socialist and the traveller.
Che GuevaraBottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.
Steve JobsMoney, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.
James BaldwinLearning 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.
Jim RohnIf a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
SocratesFortunately 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.
Karl LagerfeldIt is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
Franklin D. RooseveltMeasure your wealth by what you’d have left if you lost all your money.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
Napoleon BonaparteIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy