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Wealth Quotes
"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."
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"If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are."
129
"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."
118
"Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth."
73
"What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it."
62
"Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth."
60
"A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy."
58
"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application."
57
"I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books."
56
"If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."
56
"We are all of us richer than we think we are."
52
"Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place."
51
"Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess."
51
"Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin."
50
"Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins."
49
"We _are_ rich,' said Anne staunchly. 'Why, we have sixteen years to our credit, and we are as happy as queens and we've all got imaginations, more or less. Look at that sea, girls - all silver and shallow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds."
49
"I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing."
49
"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens."
48
"If your monetary wealth accumulates naturally and spontaneously, then let it accumulate, but do not lean on it for support. You may take its support and feel a sense of relief, but there is no telling when that support will move away. Therefore, conduct yourself with caution from the beginning so that you are not shaken up during time of painful experiences."
48
"But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties."
47
"The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions."
46
"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."
45
"I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put."
44
"Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache."
42
"Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children."
42
"Networking is an essential part of building wealth."
41
"To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich."
41
"The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth."
41
"Money comes to those who know what to do with it."
40
"Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin."
39
"The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services."
39
"Those who master money are free to serve others still mastered by it."
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