Quotes about Riches

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar

When simplicity of character and the sovereignty of ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires, the desire of riches, of pleasure, of power, and of praise,—and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will, is in a degree lost; new imagery ceases to be created, and old words are perverted to stand for things which are not; a paper currency is employed, when there is no bullion in the vaults. In

Rich wisdom is better even than rich soil, young Neil. Jose sees now that you grow in wisdom like a weed in manure.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.

If all men were rich, all men would be poor.

As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.

He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.

The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It doesn't say that it is impossible!

The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.