Riches Quotes

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that's where my values are and that's where my riches are.

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings.

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?

I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

Many of those who once were so passionately in love with Christ now run about pursuing their own interests. They're burdened down with stress and problems, chasing after riches and the things of this world.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.