"Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not."

Wealth, Blessings, Mind, Value

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"Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not."

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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

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"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

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"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

"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

"Poverty is apt to strike suddenly like influenza, it is well to have a few memories of extravagance in store for bad times."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Wealth, Poverty, Memory, Extravagance

"And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich.""Money and talent aren't the same thing.""That's because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Wealth, Money, Talent, Values, Inheritance

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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."

"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."

"Poverty is apt to strike suddenly like influenza, it is well to have a few memories of extravagance in store for bad times."

"And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich.""Money and talent aren't the same thing.""That's because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent."

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"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

"I do not give money for just mere hopes."

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"Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion."

"We are all of us the worse for too much liberty."