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.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

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.

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

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.

You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don’t have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don’t know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don’t know how much I pay in taxes.

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.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

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

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

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.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

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.

Money ain’t everything.

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

Money’s important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don’t have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

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.

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

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.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

Think and grow rich.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Canada is rich in hydrocarbons and other natural resources… India’s requirements and Canada’s surplus are a perfect match.

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.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

Of course, I do everything for money.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

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

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

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 the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

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.

Affluence means influence.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

If I was a billionaire, I’d be smart with my money.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

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.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

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

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.

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

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

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

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

Bottom 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.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.