The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else. — Aristotle
My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation. — Michael Milken
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris — Thucydides
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. — Henry Ford
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity. — Epicurus
Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality. — John Tyler
Wealth is a deep understanding of the natural world. — Bill Mollison
Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting. — Robert Bunsen
Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality. — Abraham J. Twerski
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. — Berthold Auerbach
Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money. — Benjamin Franklin
Pursuit Of Money Quotes
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits. — Pythagoras
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. — John Rawls
Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time. — Jerry Only
Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.
Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time. — Gerald Caiafa
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. — J. Irwin Miller
Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money. — P. J. O'Rourke
If you don't get serious about your money, you will never have serious money...
Maybe the discipline in North America is just consolidation, right? I mean, it may be that if there were more vigorous pursuit of antitrust in America, there would have more competitors competing on price, and then airlines wouldn't be making any money again. — Paul Solman
[On the United States:] We are a wildly energetic people in our pursuit of pleasure, let alone in our pursuit of money, and we are very odd to look at as we go about our lives. — Martha Gellhorn
If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities. — Jean De La Bruyere
Love Of Money Quotes
Use money and love people. Don't love money and use people. — Joseph Prince
Your hands may be full of money and your brain full of information but if your heart is empty, your life is very empty. — T. B. Joshua
Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money. — Jackie Mason
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil. — Paul the Apostle
The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. — John Gierach
If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen. — Polycarp
You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism. — Robert Kiyosaki
Money and good pussy's a fatal attraction for men. — Ja Rule
Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul. — Saint John Chrysostom
I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself? — Walt Whitman
Becoming Wealthy Quotes
Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man. — Walter E. Williams
You become wealthy in your mindset long before you become wealthy in your bank account. — Jaspreet Singh
You have to be wealthy in your mind before you become wealthy in your bank account. — Jaspreet Singh
When humanity measures wealth by love, truth and wisdom we will all be rich.
How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. — Robert G. Allen
How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds or savings accounts? Income property is the most historically proven asset class in America, if not the entire world. I rest my case. — Jason Hartman
Ten years from now, some people will become incredibly wealthy from this economic slowdown. Others will wish they started a decade ago. Don't be the latter. — Jaspreet Singh
A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.
[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world are becoming increasingly simplistic, superficial, and celebrity-focused. — Laurie Garrett
Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to become wealthy. — Marshall Field
For many wealthy people, giving a tenth is a way of robbing God. Their tithe becomes a tip. — Haddon W. Robinson
Among civilized peoples, especially the very wealthy population of the United States of America, women have become objects of luxury who consume but do not produce. — Vilfredo Pareto
Accumulating Wealth Quotes
Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole — Karl Marx
I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering of having to accumulate possessions, the intermediate suffering of having to guard and keep up possessions, nor the final suffering of loosing the possessions. — Milarepa
You must own equity to gain your financial freedom. — Naval Ravikant
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
As more wealth and political power is amassed - as bitcoins rise in value - Congress and various lobbying groups will be influenced to an ever greater extent by the interests of Bitcoin owners who - in turn - will lobby to keep the Internet and Bitcoin alive and growing. — Max Keiser
Promote fair opportunities, increase the income of low-income people, expand middle-income groups, standardise the order of income distribution and standardise wealth accumulation mechanisms. — Xi Jinping
Get what you can and keep what you have; that’s the way to get rich. — Scottish Proverbs
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest. — Naval Ravikant
To accumulate any wealth, you must invest at a growth rate higher than inflation. — Naved Abdali
The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of property and wealth. — Michael Parenti
When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends, Not diamonds, pearls or riches, but the love of real true friends. — Helen Steiner Rice
As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know? — Lemmy Kilmister
It is my right to be rich, happy, and successful.
Money flows to me freely, copiously, and endlessly.
I am forever conscious of my true worth. I give of my talents freely, and I am wonderfully blessed financially. It is wonderful! — Joseph Murphy
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
True community is based on upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together. — Pauli Murray
Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need. — John Henry Newman
The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels. — Pope Gregory I
It is neither wealth nor splendour but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.
There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand. — John Milton
O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart on the true and durable riches of grace in Christ Jesus. — Isaac Ambrose
High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. — Robert H. Schuller
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. — Michael Connelly
True Wealth Quotes
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire. — Cesar Chavez
True wealth is having your health, and knowledge of self. — Immortal Technique
Health, wealth, beauty, and genius are not created; they are only manifested by the arrangement of your mind-that is, by your concept of yourself, and your concept of yourself is all that you accept and consent to as true. — Neville Goddard
Be fearless in the pursuit of whats sets your soul on fire.
Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is true that global wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also grown and new poverty arisen. — Pope Francis
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. — Josh Billings
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life. — Sigmund Freud
TRUE WEALTH - Worriless sleeping, Clear conscience, Reciprocal gratitude, Absence of envy, Muscle strength, Frequent laughs, No meals alone, No gym classes, Good digestive functions, No meeting rooms, Periodic surprises, Foamy coffee, Crusty bread, Ability to nap, Access to a hammock — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant
Wealth And Happiness Quotes
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books. — Plato
Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them! — Vincent de Paul
Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life – like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth – they all have big opportunity costs. — Mark Manson
If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social happiness, let us ever remember our dependence for all these on the protection and merciful dispensations of Divine Providence. — John Tyler
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually. — Martin Seligman
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. . — John Templeton
The whole social structure is now tumbling down, dethroning its God, undermining all its certainties. All this, wonderfully enough, is being done in the name of the health, wealth, and happiness of all mankind. — Malcolm Muggeridge
The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. — Omar Bongo
The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. — Naval Ravikant
Wealth And Success Quotes
You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty. — Nouman Ali Khan
I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me. — Benjamin Zander
Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing. — J. Paul Getty
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth acquired, or power and prestige, but rather on the basis of what you have become as persons and what you are in conduct and character. — Howard W. Hunter
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. — Warren Buffett
A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. — Henry Kravis
There is a big difference between ‘investing’ and ‘speculating.’ Knowing that difference is critical to success. — Russell Napier
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. — Bernard Meltzer
Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans. — Jim Rohn
You can either be right or you can be rich. This book is for getting rich. If that bothers you, just put this down and go back to arguing against human nature. Hint: You’re not gonna change it. — Alex Hormozi
Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production. — Alex Tabarrok
The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy, and creative lives. This simple but powerful truth is too often forgotten in the pursuit of material and financial wealth. — Mahbub ul Haq
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited. — E. F. Schumacher
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth -- in short, materialism -- does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited. — E. F. [Ernst Friedrich] Schumacher
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. — Desiderius Erasmus
Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work. — Jeremy Rifkin
You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it. — Oriana Fallaci
It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals. — Helen Fielding
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. — Frank Herbert
If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. — Alfred Russel Wallace
I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth. — Kevin O'Leary
This is a new phase in history where art, science, business and spirit will join together in the pursuit of true wealth. — James Altucher
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. — Johan Huizinga
In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and the search for wealth are always the two best stories. But while a love story is timeless, the story of a quest for wealth, given enough time, will always seem like the vain pursuit of a mirage. — Mark Kurlansky
I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis. — Rana Dasgupta
When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men's souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort, wealth and the pursuit of happiness in response to impulses at once awe-striking and irresistible, we learn that we are spirits, not animals. — Winston Churchill
Psychological wealth includes life satisfaction, the feeling that life is full of meaning, a sense of engagement in interesting activities, the pursuit of important goals, the experience of positive emotional feelings, and a sense of spirituality that connects people to things larger than themselves. — Ed Diener
Education is not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It is an initiation into life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue. — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. — Frank Herbert
That is the story of our history - whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all of our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. — Barack Obama
Prosperity and abundance in a society depend on a certain type of person: the producer. Societies with few producers stagnate and decay, while nations with a large number of producers vibrantly grow-in wealth, freedom, power, influence and the pursuit of happiness. — Oliver DeMille
For extending its sway, partly by force of arms, partly by the voluntary submission of weaker tribes, the community soon acquires wealth and slaves, both of which, by relieving some classes from the perpetual struggle for a bare subsistence, afford them an opportunity of devoting themselves to that disinterested pursuit of knowledge which is the noblest and most powerful instrument to ameliorate the lot of man. — James G. Frazer
Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a price. Wealth itself has no moral attribute. It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil. It is the relation between wealth and the mind and the character of its possessor which is the essential thing. — George Stillman Hillard
For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich. — Plutarch
We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that they will be happy in it, and have resolved to seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity; making the first of possessions, self-possession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace. — John Ruskin
The wise man knoweth where to stop, as he runneth in the race of fortune, For experience of old hath taught him, that happiness lingered midway; And many in hot pursuit have hasted to the goal of wealth, But have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold--the mind and the power to enjoy it. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
I'm convinced after spending three weeks in China and Tibet, unless the United States gets its act together, our grandchildren will be living in a world dominated by the People's Republic. China is simply inexorable in its pursuit of wealth, growth and power. It cares little about human rights, democracy, labor protections, fair trade rules or the environment. It is relentless in advancing its national interests. — Mort Kondracke
Almost all men are over anxious. No sooner do they enter the world than they lose that taste for natural and simple pleasures so remarkable in early life. Every hour do they ask themselves what progress they have made in the pursuit of wealth or honor and on they go as their fathers went before them till weary and sick at heart they look back with a sigh of regret to the golden time of their childhood. — Samuel Rogers
This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes tocondemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth! — Charles Dickens
It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth. — Alain de Botton
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