Riches Quotes

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

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.

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.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

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.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

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.

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Riches cover a multitude of woes.

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

America does not fight for land, glory or riches.

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.