Quotes about Riches

The mere thought of looking out the window at Mexico—which was now something else in my mind—was like recoiling from some gloriously riddled glittering treasure-box that you're afraid to look at because of your eyes, they bend inward, the riches and the treasures are too much to take all at once.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.

A man should make all he can, and give all he can.

The man who has God for his treasure has all things in one.

For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

He who has learned to love an art or science has wisely laid up riches against the day of riches.

How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search for it the greater the riches you will find; let us search unceasingly and let us not stop until we have found it.

Simply present yourself to God as if you were a poor man knocking on the door of a rich man, and fix your attention on His presence.

There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn't awash in cash — and I don't want to go back.