Wealth Quotes - Page 7

• So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Excess, Enough

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.795

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• You can't take it with you - but you can send it on ahead.

  Randy Alcorn

  Missionary, Missions, Missions And Prayer

  FaceBook post by Randy Alcorn from Aug 12, 2016

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• He is a poor man who can only measure his wealth in dollars.

  Woodrow M. Kroll

  Men, Dollars, Poor

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• When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Asking, Calling, Fortune

  George Horace Lorimer (2006). “Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Everything without God is pathetically inferior to God without everything.

  Sam Storms

  Inferiors, Without God

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• The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth.

  Plato

  Law, Evil, Would Be

  Plato (1872). “Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places”, p.269

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• Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?

  Laurence J. Peter

  Jobs, Giving, Poverty

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• The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

  John D. Rockefeller

  Money, Business, Luxury

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Controlled time is our true wealth.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Inspirational, True Wealth, Controlled

  R. Buckminster Fuller (1963). “Nine Chains to the Moon”

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• Man was born to be rich, or to inevitably grow rich, by the use of his faculties: by the union of thought with nature.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Use, Unions

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.368

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• Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.

  Charlie Munger

  Tragedy, Faster, Get Rich

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• 'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Power, May, Riches

  Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.114, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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• Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, what gay distress! what splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more.

  Andrew Young

  Gay, Giving, Mind

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• Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

  George Herbert

  Thinking, Devil

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.9

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• Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class.

  Matthew Arnold

  Class, Middle, Consumerism

  Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.816, Delphi Classics

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• Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

  Dean Koontz

  Power, Care, Culture

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.607, Bantam

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• A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.

  Richard de Bury

  Wealth And Happiness, Library, Zealous

  Richard de Bury (1889). “Philobiblon”

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• Great wealth may be to its owner a blessing or a curse. Alas! I fear it is too often the latter. It hardens the heart, blunts the finer susceptibilities, and transforms into a fiend what under more favourable circumstances might have been a human being.

  Arnold Bennett

  Heart, Blessing, May

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• Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.

  Bhartrhari

  Lying, Two, Giving

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• The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.

  Walden Bello

  Vegetarianism, Meat Eating, People

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• That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Riches, Rich, Lost

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.83, eKitap Projesi

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• For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Mean, Responsibility

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights.

  John Peter Altgeld

  Country, Rights, Law

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• All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these Who worship dirty gods.

  William Shakespeare

  Dirty, Gold, Worship

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• We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of the world, the vast majority of whom live in poverty without hope, opportunity or choices in life. These conditions are a breeding ground for division that can cause a desperate people to resort to nuclear weapons as a last resort. Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place.

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Commitment, Opportunity

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