Riches Quotes

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

Nothing, Hard, Others

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.
Gamaliel Bailey

Men, Respect, Sun

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

Loss, Possession, Torment

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Greatest, Unless, Charm

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.
David Wilkerson

Life, Time, Evil

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus

Great, Cannot, Abundance

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
John Locke

Nothing, Fashion

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

Money, Mind, Ideas

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

Hope, Fear, Real

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
Jonathan Swift

Heaven, Valuable, Scoundrel

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

Truth, Mean, Others

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.
Charles Lamb

Time, Good, Give

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.
Jean Paul

Health, Sleep, Truly

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

Him, Before, Favor

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.
King Solomon

Good, Rather, Name

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.
David Hume

Government, Wise, Easy

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

Him, Rich, Busier

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

Gold, Carries, Eats

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
Adam Smith

Rich, Greater, Enjoyment

A learned man has always riches in himself.
Phaedrus

Learned, Himself

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.
Ann Romney

Life, Care, Friends

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

Knowledge, Desire, Thirst

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.
Robert Collier

Good, Giving, Cannot

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
George MacDonald

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford

Peace, Happiness, Yourself

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.
Edward Gibbon

Love, Reading, Early

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

Short, Cut, Desires

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

Men, Respect, May

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
Dick Gregory

Loss, Possession, Delight

We do not want riches, we want peace and love.
Red Cloud

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