Quotes about Wealth

Youth is the best time to be rich and the best time to be poor.

It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.

We are a people who have learned repeatedly throughout our history that economic distress can help us to appreciate that there are other ways to be rich that are not financial or even material.

I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could.

We live in a world in which we're seeing an increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.

My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help.

Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.