We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

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

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

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.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

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.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that’s a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.

We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don’t buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down.

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Money has a language of its own.

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

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: ‚What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.‘

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

When you look at how much we spend on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you’re hungry, we’ll feed you. If you’re homeless, we’ll house you. If you’re too poor to be sick, we’ll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a cost.

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

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

Money ain’t everything.

Obama’s primary constituency was financial institutions. They were the core of the funding for his campaign. They expect to be paid back. And they were. They were paid back by coming out richer and more powerful than they were before the crisis that they created.

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.

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.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

I grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, ‚I’m an orphan again today, isn’t this terrible? Poor me.‘

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn’t even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I 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.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

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.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

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

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

I’d go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.