Quotes about Wealth
My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help.
— Ellen White
Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.
— John Wesley
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
— Martin Luther
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.
— Harry S. Truman
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
— Andrew Carnegie
God has blessed me with more than I need. I'm rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more.
— Craig Groeschel
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
— Andrew Carnegie
People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.
— William Temple
What we need in this country today is leadership which has the courage to call for income tax reform to put the burden where it must be placed, on those who can afford to pay. (From Voices of Multicultural America)
— Shirley Chisholm
Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.
— John Wesley
Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth.
— Margaret Fuller