The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. – George A. Smith
The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started. – Josiah Gilbert Holland
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. – John C. Maxwell
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. – J. Paul Getty
The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents’ generation. – Ian Schrager
When you’re accustomed to wealth, you don’t show it, right? That’s why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it’s almost like, ‘Don’t show wealth – that’s crass.’ – Jay-Z
I’ve got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found – the wealth of African culture. – Hugh Masekela
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. – Johan Huizinga
Our wise men flattered us into the adoption of the banking system under the idea that boundless wealth would result from the adoption. – John Tyler
I think there’s something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it’s regarding wealth, they’re obviously very guarded. They’re very worried about how people are going to react to what they say. – Jamie Johnson
For rich children, it’d be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family’s wealth. – Jamie Johnson
The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin. – Jules Verne
I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I’m busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. – John Templeton
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material. – John Mellencamp
The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. – J. Paul Getty
Concentrating wealth in the hands of the few and deregulating financial institutions and practices lead to speculative bubbles that eventually burst – and that brings the whole country down. – Jennifer Granholm
Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler’s short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing. – James Buchan
The secrecy surrounding wealth and the anxiety of talking about money is absurd. If you are rich and you live well and you spend money and it is an essential part of your lifestyle, then you shouldn’t be ashamed of talking about it. You shouldn’t be ashamed of it. And I think you should accept it and be honest and open about it. – Jamie Johnson
The wealth cure is looking at your life step by step – making a diagnosis and saying, ‘Am I using money or is money using me?’ – Hill Harper
I think there’s something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it’s regarding wealth, they’re obviously very guarded. – Jamie Johnson
Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision. – Herman Kahn
We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. – Jesse Jackson
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. – Imelda Marcos
Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since. – James Fenton
Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special pleasure in helping the poor, dedicating his efforts to them. He must have shaken his head at the large gaps between rich and poor throughout ancient Palestine in the first century. – Jay Parini
Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality. – John Tyler