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

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

It’s very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.

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

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

Many people will have nothing at the end of their working lives.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

If 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.

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

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.

If you don’t like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors‘ and mutual fund managers‘ retirement.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

We can’t get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can’t just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.

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.

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

It’s rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that you have another income stream that can support you.

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.

Tax season always means a deluge of tax advice. Unfortunately, most of it is futile and lightweight.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

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

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

With Virgin, I’ve just loved creating things. And as a private company, I can get away with moving Virgin from records to airlines to train companies to space companies to whatever, without ever having to worry about analysts knocking the value of my stock.

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

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

What I invest in, while not risky for me, may be too risky for most people.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

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.

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

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.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.