Riches Quotes

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant

“Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”
― Roman Payne

“The money you make is a symbol of the value you create.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface.

The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.

The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being.

Inside out and outside in. These are worlds of things that implode or explode, and the only catalyst that determines the direction of eco-movement is the balance of water.

Both worlds are deceptive, dangerous. Both, seething with hidden life.

The only veil that stands between perception of what is underneath the desolate surface is your courage.

Dare to breach the surface and sink.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.”
― Héloïse, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse

“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“THE GOOD LIFE requires that we take pleasure in new things; A GOOD LIFE requires that we take pleasure in moments.

To enjoy THE GOOD LIFE we have to get ahead; to enjoy A GOOD LIFE we have to make the trip worthwhile.

THE GOOD LIFE is supported by feeding our pocketbooks; A GOOD LIFE is supported by feeding our souls.”
― Steve Goodier

“... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.”
― Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

“From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“I am too rich already, for my eyes mint gold.

- Coloured Money”
― Mervyn Peake, Collected Poems

“A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“There the old Eskimo hunters she had known in her childhood thought the riches of life were intelligence, fearlessness, and love. A man with these gifts was rich and was a great spirit who was admired in the same way that the gussaks admired a man with money and goods.”
― Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves

“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Bling" is not an indication of riches. It is a product of value-based spending, to enrich the pockets of those outside of ones sphere of influence...the haves' bleeding the have-nots'.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“I learned that ruling poor men's hands is nothing. Ruling men's money's a wedge in the world. But after I'd split it open a crack I looked in and saw the trick inside it, the filthy nothing, the fooled and rotten faces of rich and successful men.”
― Robinson Jeffers, The Selected Poetry

“Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“The poor man is poor because he will not heed instruction.”
― Fred C. White

“The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper

“One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher,
Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;
For all such vain wishes in him were prevented
By a fortunate habit of being contented.”
― Jane Taylor, Original Poems For Infant Minds

“All things being equal, why not be married to a rich man? (Somewhere, Hannah thinks, there must be a needlepoint pillow asking this very question in a cleverer way.)”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, The Man of My Dreams

“You may have tangible wealth untold. Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be -
I had a mother who read to me”
― Strickland Gillilan

“The richest people in the world are the people that love the most”
― Alinani joe

“There would be a time, when you will ask for nothing but life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

That's the ultimate test of how you have lived your life. The trouble with love it that you can't buy it. You can buy sex. You can buy testimonial dinners. You can buy pamphlets that say how wonderful you are. But the only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love. But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get."

— Warren Buffett”
― Alice Schroeder, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

“We should be able to refuse enchanting proposals and opportunities, if they contradict God’s principles”
― Sunday Adelaja

“We stand and fight for God’s truth and with the truth we will win”
― Sunday Adelaja

“There is no instant anything. Overnight success is a lie. That lie is just one of many lies that youth want to believe, even though it’s not true. No one walks onto the field and dominates on the first day. That is not possible. Popularity, fame, riches are illusions. Being popular is short-lived. Fame is here today and gone tomorrow. Riches diminish. Being reliable, consistent, trustworthy those are things that people remember.”

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― Mark T. Sneed, Bully Nation: The Remains: Part One