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Wealth Quotes - Page 23

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.125, Cosimo, Inc.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

Fanny Burney (1850). “Evelina: or, The history of a young lady's introduction to the world”, p.130

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

All wealth comes from adding value, from producing more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than someone else.

Brian Tracy (2004). “Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want-- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible”, p.230, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Wealth is the sinews of success.

"The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, Book IV, 48,

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

A nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.

First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009