Rich Quotes - Page 23

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to happiness with the diminution of possession, and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain is no less an enemy to his quiet than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony

God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.

Inside each of you is a rich person, a poor person & a middle class person. It is up to you to decide which person you become.

The single most important factor to getting rich is getting started, not being the smartest person in the room.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

Public Broadcasting is a sandbox for the rich. The NEA and the HEH are simply enclaves of the left using your money to propagandize your children against your values.

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

The world's fat is badly divided.

If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.

Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything showy and flashy: it never dresses better than it can afford, and yet it is always well dressed, even in simple muslin or plain calico.

These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

Most rich people are the poorest people I know.

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all those people who are burying their heads in the sand. I call it the three D strategy. It's denial, deflection, and a demonization of those of us who want to speak honestly about these issues of extremism.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Booze is the greatest of all equalizers. Rich drunks and poor drunks both pass out the same way.

And Alpo ordered guys to slaughter guys, and the whole Harlem was in tears when Rich Porter died.

Bargaining has neither friends nor relations.

We're so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich.