Quotes about Wealth

The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.

Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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

If you must invest in paper, learn to be an options trader. Then you will know how to make money whether the markets are going up or down.

Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better.

My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.

You westerners are the ones we can't understand. God has given you so much, you have been so blessed…why are so many people in your country so unhappy?

As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry and clothing for the poor. Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality.

What is it to be rich toward God? To understand this, imagine for a moment everything you call yours in the world as taken from you. Picture yourself abandoned and forgotten of all, in utter isolation alone with your own heart. And then ask yourself: What have I now? What do I now possess?