Quotes about Wealth
He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.
— James Howell
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
— Publilius Syrus
Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.
— Dolly Parton
Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it. Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.
— Napoleon Hill
The capitalists are the brains of civilization, because they supply the entire fabric of which all education, enlightenment and human progress consists.
— Napoleon Hill
FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! FAITH is the basis of all "miracles," and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!
— Napoleon Hill
Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.
— Napoleon Hill
If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches, perish the thought! It is not true!
— Napoleon Hill
Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Generally speaking, an idea is an impulse of thought that impels action
— Napoleon Hill
Some people foolishly believe that only MONEY can make money. This is not true! DESIRE, transmuted into its monetary equivalent, through the principles laid down here, is the agency through which money is made. Money, of itself, is nothing but inert matter. It cannot move, think, or talk, but it can hear when a man who DESIRES it, calls it to come!
— Napoleon Hill
The object is to want money, and to become so determined to have it that you convince yourself you will have it.
— Napoleon Hill
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinions of others.
— Napoleon Hill