Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.

The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source.

A person knows whom to trust the most,when he clearly knows who puts the trust on him in time of his wealth lost.

And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke’s palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money,...

You are the guardian and custodian of your heart, remember this always!

As a people we practiced excess. Excess in everything – pleasure, gaudy display, endless toil, and death. Vagrant children slept in the alleys. Ragpicking was a profession. A conspicuously self-satisfied class of new wealth and...

It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them.

I don’t want to rail against modern railroad barons, because this is America, and I believe that I too will one day be wealthy.

There is really nothing you gain from being a pauper rather you loose every thing.

The problem with gross domestic product is the gross bit. There are no deductions involved: all economic activity is accounted as if it were of positive value. Social harm is added to, not subtracted from,...

I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle…you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you...

I fear we face a new kind of man along with this new kind of affluence. When lands meant wealth, men could perhaps have enough. Too much land was difficult to govern. But with paper...

What had he ever wanted that he could not buy? And if that wasn’t riches he didn’t know what was.

The blessings and grace of God is my greatest wealth.

Wealth is good when it brings joy to others.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I’m busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

Buy laughter with tears, and you’ll be rich forever.

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Just as love makes you blind so does wealth, and of the two blindnesses wealth is the worse because of the incalculable harm it is able to do to people other than yourself.

Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

Every decision you make takes you one step closer to being wealthy … or one step further away.

The size of the problem is never the issue — what matters is the size of you!

Wealth can only be multiplied through work.

Circumstances, knowledge or birth do not determine the realisation of your desires. It is only you who are blocking the achievement of your dreams and goals.

If you knew the power within yourself to be truly happy, to be truly whole, then you would never ask another to become the image you desire for yourself, in order to be happy and...

Making excuses is one of a host of self-defeating behaviours and mental patterns that can block your success.

When you are able to shift your inner awareness to how you can serve others, and when you make this the central focus of your life, you will then be in a position to know...

King Solomon’s life reminds meof wisdom, wealth, women, woes.

People tend to think that money makes them strong, but it’s those that learn to survive without it, are truly the stronger.

What a peculiar civilisation this was: inordinately rich, yet inclined to accrue its wealth through the sale of some astonishingly small and only distantly meaningful things, a civilisation torn and unable sensibly to adjudicate between...

Sharing knowledge is sharing wealth

Your thought should be creative and not destructive; it should be full of hope and faith for a more excellent future.

Wealth is violent and uneasy to acquire, don’t blow yourself by rushing. You won’t find, you will only get lost on your way to find and you won’t find it, Reserve yourself and wealth will...

For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies...

The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive dissonance.

I think the key indicator for wealth is not good grades, work ethic, or IQ. I believe it’s relationships. Ask yourself two questions: How many people do I know, and how much ransom money could...

The ruling passion of the age is to convert wealth into debt in order toderive a permanent future income from it – to convert wealth that perishesinto debt that endures, debt that does not rot,...

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

If you have one dollar and I have a hundred dollars, I could say I have a hundred times the amount of money you do. And while that’s true, it makes me sound wealthy and...

When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don’t need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our...

Housing prices have been an important source of keeping wealth and have dampened the effects of the weak stock market. If they turned down in value that could jeopardize recovery.

True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction.

No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to a place, to an occupation, and to conformity with the will...

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

It was at this time that backgammon was invented and began to be popular. It is a kind of paradigm of how wealth is acquired, which in this world is not the reward of intelligence...

philosophes qui ont pu autrefois se soustraire de l’empire de la fortune, et, malgré les douleurs et la pauvreté, disputer de la félicité avec leurs dieux. Car s’occupant sans cesse à considérer les bornes qui...

Though I may accumulate a great deal of riches in this world, it is only my wealth of knowledge, talents, and emotional bonds that I keep when I leave.

Today is filled with solutions, be positive and enthusiastic at ALL times. Why worry or live in fear, it will probably never happen!

We inherited a strong and flourishing country, and instead of making the investments – that is, the sacrifices – to maintain it, we chose to suck it dry and stick our children with the bill....

Dare we care at all about current fashions if that means reducing our ability to help hungry neighbors? How many more luxuries should we buy for ourselves and our children when others are dying for...