"What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough."

Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Wealth, Moderation, Necessity, Contentment

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"Everyone is poor in one way or another, so there is no need to worry of where you belong, we are all rich and poor at the same time."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Wealth, Poor, Life, Balance

"When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Wealth, Money, Wind, Conviction, Existence

"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

George Eliot, British Author

Wealth, Regret, Truth, Action

"Not every happy person is rich, and, Not every rich person is happy."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Wealth, Truth, Happiness, Life, Power

"The difference between a rich man and a poor man is that; a rich man only thinks of how to spend money while a poor man, thinks of how to make money."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Wealth, Money, Success, Mindset

"You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wealth, TrueRiches, Value, NonMaterial

"You can create financial abundance by having a positive relationship with money."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Wealth, Money, Relationship, Abundance

"I love money because money is power, the power to invite my friends for lunch and pay the bill without expecting anything in return, the power to give twenty dollars to beggar just because I can, the power to offer an expensive remote control helicopter to children and create a huge smile in them, the power to wait for the ones you love to love you back just because you don't need to waste your time like they do."

Robin Sacredfire, Portuguese Philosopher

Wealth, Money, Power, Generosity, Freedom

"Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Wealth, Desire, Contentment, Perspective

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Wealth, Country, Poverty

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"For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them."

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"Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men."

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"Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness."

Kindness

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind."

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"No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself."

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"We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."

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"Everyone is poor in one way or another, so there is no need to worry of where you belong, we are all rich and poor at the same time."

"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

"Not every happy person is rich, and, Not every rich person is happy."

"The difference between a rich man and a poor man is that; a rich man only thinks of how to spend money while a poor man, thinks of how to make money."

"You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy."

"You can create financial abundance by having a positive relationship with money."

"Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have."

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

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"Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor."

"For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them."

"Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men."

"Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness."

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind."

"No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself."

"It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune."

"Let us be brave in the face of adversity."

"Where fear is happiness is not."

"We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."